Figure 1.--This is a wondeful unsigned oil portait we believe of an English school boy. We believe it was painted inthe mid-19th century, in part because photographic portraits became more common in the late-19th century. The portrait is difficult to date because some school uniforms did not change for centuries and thus did not reflect contemporary style. The boy wears a black outfit with a clerical collar. We believe this is a school uniform. |
This is a wondeful unsigned oil portait we believe of an English school boy. We believe it was painted inthe mid-19th century, in part because photographic portraits became more common in the late-19th century. The portrait is difficult to date because some school uniforms did not change for centuries and thus did not reflect contemporary style. The boy wears a black outfit with a clerical collar. We believe this is a school uniform. There were a number of schools, the famed hospital schools that had these historic uniforms. I thought, however, they were blue. I'm not sure what school had a black uniform. Hopefully our British readers will know more. A note from April 1920 on the reverse tells that the painting was the property of a Mr. Edward White. We windr if he or a relative might be the boy in the portrait.
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