Figure 1.-- This CDV was probably taken in the 1880s. It was taken at the studio of G.A.Baker of London. The subject is unidentified. The boy looks to be about 4 years old and wears a sailor kilt. Image courtesy of the MD collection.
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Figure 1.-- This CDV was probably taken in the 1880s. It was taken at the studio of G.A.Baker of London. The subject is unidentified. The boy looks to be about 4 years old and wears a sailor kilt. Image courtesy of the MD collection. |
We also note boys on hobby horses wearing a wide variety of clothes. Unfortunately as most of these hobbyhorse portraits are studio portraits, they are not a good indicator of what boys wore in the nursery when riding their hobbyhorses. They are of course a good indicaror of the children's best outfits which mother selected for their portraits. One of the most common outfits we have noted for these portraits were sailor garments. This is a reflection of how popular the sailor suit was in the late 19th century. The portraits show many other outfits a well. Portraits of boys on hobby horses show them dressed in virtually every conceivable garment. Many were not yet breached and work kilts, dresses, and other skirted garments. This includes boys dressed in sailor kilts and dresses. Many of the boys can be identified even before breaching, but there are a few images that HBC is not sure about the gender.
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