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dresses: England unidentified child Kebtishtown
English Dresses: Unidentified Children--Image 6 London
Figure 1.-- We are fairly sure this unidentified London child is a boy, but have noithing to go on other than his face and short hair. And both as we have discussed can be misleading. Even so, they can not be dismissed. The CDV porrtai probably dates to the 1880s. Unfortunatly there are no props which can often give us helpful clues. But this child is just seated obidently in a chair with his hands folded. He looks to be about 4 years old to us. He has a straw hat with a medium brim. There is some kind of decorative element, but not elaborate like the hats girls often wore. The Studio was Taylor & Bastain in Kentishtown, a north London neighnorhood that has nothing to with Kent. Kentishtown was on the main road north from London.
We are fairly sure this unidentified London child is a boy, but have noithing to go on other than his face and short hair. And both as we have discussed can be misleading. Even so, they can not be dismissed. The CDV porrtai probably dates to the 1880s. Unfortunatly there are no props which can often give us helpful clues. But this child is just seated obidently in a chair with his hands folded. He looks to be about 4 years old to us. He has a straw hat with a medium brim. There is some kind of decorative element, but not elaborate like the hats girls often wore. His hat covers his hair, so all we see is around the ears and a bit of the front, posibly bangs. There is a modest lace collar and sleeve cuffs. The dress seems to button at the front, but the buttons may be just decorative elements. There are vertical decorative elements on the bodice repeated at the cuffs and as horizonal elements on the extensive skort flkounces. The child also has decorative pantalettes and long stockingss. The Studio was Taylor & Bastain in Kentishtown, a north London neighnorhood that has nothing to with Kent. Kentishtown was on the main road north from London. The most notable resident was Karl Marx. His wife was vey pleased with the home he found there. Apparently they previously lived in dives. Isn't it interesting that in capitalist countries, authors are allowed to freely write about Communism, but in Communist countries writing freely about Capitalism can get you shot or intrned in a slave labor camp.
