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Here we see an unidentified brother and sister dressed up for their First Communion. They look to be about 8-10 years old. First Communion was no yet relegated to youngerv children. The boy wears a standard double-breasted suit without any adornment. The girl wears a standard white dress with a matching white hair bow. The dress hem is a little longer than common for her age, but the dress was not yet done as a junior wedding dress. She has some kind of corsage-like affair. The boy holds a missal, his sister may also have a New Testament. The dealer believes that the portrait was taken in the 1890s which is possible for the late-90s. We think the 1900s decade is more likely, in part because of the mount. This was the case atl least until the 1908-09 period when knickers first appeared. A change we do not fully understand. There is no information available on the portrait, except the portrait was taken at the Astoria Photo Studio on Long Island, New York. Long Island is a residential and recreational extension of New York City.
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