Figure 1.--This Italian cabinent card is undated. It was probanly taken in the 1880s. The boy was from Naples, The photographer is Paolo Lungo. It is not a color photograph, but a colorized image. This is less reliable than an actual color portrait, but we think the color depictions here are probably reasonably accurate. Click on the image to see how this portait would have looked in black and white. Notice how thee would be no way to tell that the stoickings wdere red in the black and white version. In fact it looks almost like itv would have been black or dark navy blue.

We have found a ramge of references to specific colors. Ms. Burnett mentions that Cedric early in Little Lord Fauntleroy wears red stockings in a race with other boys. Of course this is novel, but comtemporary books can convey a great deal of fashion information. The Tennysons appear to have dressed their boys in tunics and, on sundays, red stockings. Mrs. Burnett in Little Lord Fauntleroy describes Cedris as wearing red stockings. I am not sure how common this was. Nor are sure about other colors. Unfortunatley black and white photography provide few clues. We note colorized images. We think that many of these images are accurate depictions, but we cannot be entirely sure, both about the colors as well as the hues. Catalogs often provide color information, but references to color give no undication as to hues. The most popular bright color seems to hve been red. We note several allusions to red stockings. Without actual color photographs, however, it is difficult to assess the hues.