Figure 1.--This image is dominated by the two boys in skeleton suits hat are fighting. Note the three boys watching them. One boys wears a white smock over a sketon suit. Another boy wears an open front orange protective garment over his skeleton suit. I'm not sure what to call it. Also notice the variety of hats the boys wear, including a tam. |
Some children wear smocks. HBC has noted some variation in these smocks. Some are open-front garments. In the early 19th century there appear some garments that are difficult to destinguish as to whether they are pinafores or smocks. HBC knows that such garments did exist as they appear in 19th century portraits. Greenway colors many of these garments. HBC had thought they were largely white. At this time we do not know how accurate such colored smocks were. Smocks are not the most common garment depicted. Most of the children generally wear either skeleton suits or dresses. Some children are clearly shown as wearing smocks over both dresses and skeleton suits. HBC stresses that we do not know just how historically accurate Greenway's depictions are.
Smocks are not the most common garment depicted. Most of the children generally wear either skeleton suits or dresses. Some children are clearly shown as wearing smocks over both dresses and skeleton suits. Some children wear smocks. Only a small mumber of the children in Greenways drawings wear smocks. In some drawings none of the children wear them. In others just a few. HBC is unsure if this is a reflection as to just how prevalent they were.
We are unsure just what the conventions for wrearing smocks are. Here the children are shown on the way to or from school. So Greenway suggests that some English children were wearing smocks to school. These school smocks seem to be fairrly, short a little below knee-level. We have also noticed boys wearing long work smocks. The work smocks might be calf-length. They are sometimes identifid because the boy does not have school books.
HBC has noted some variation in these smocks. Some are open-front garments. In the early 19th century there appear some garments that are difficult to destinguish as to whether they are pinafores or smocks. HBC is unsure how to identify the orange garment that one of th boys watching the fight is wearing. HBC knows that such garments did exist as they appear in 19th century portraits.
Greenway colors many of the smocks and smock-like garments. HBC had thought they were largely white. She drew both colored and dark smocks. At this time we do not know how accurate such colored smocks were.
Greenway depicts both boys and girls as wearing smocks. We are unsure at this time as to the relative propotion that Greenway drew boys and girls in smocks. The image here cleraly shows a boys wearing a smock as you can see his long trousers, in addition to the fact tht he is ith a group of other boys.
HBC stresses that we do not know just how historically accurate Greenway's depictions are.
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