Unidentified Paintings Artists Illustrating Boys' Fashions: 17th century


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Some HBC contributors have sent several fascinating art works, but have not provided any background information on these works or even who the artist was. Without knowing the artist, it is difficult to use the image in our assesmment of historical or national trends so we can better undestand fashion trends in the years bdefore the development of photography. We would be very interested in any help HBC readers could offer in identifying and dating these artistic works. Here reader comments are welcome. Either help in identifying these works or insights on the fashions illustrated.

Figure 1

This is probably a well known painting so we do hope to be able to identify it. We would guess that it is a 17th century English painting, perhaps one of the Stuarts although I am not sure which one. Could it be James I when he first became king? Hopefully one of our English readers will be able to identify it. It certainly is a good example of the wigs that were worn in the 17th and 18th centuries. I can't believe that all those curls are his.






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Created: March 12, 2003
Last updated: March 12, 2003