Figure 1.--This American boy was probably painted in the late 1840s or early 50s. We do not know who th boy is or who painted him. Notice the short jacket sleeves and baloon blouse sleeves. Also note the narrow collar.
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Figure 1.--This American boy was probably painted in the late 1840s or early 50s. We do not know who th boy is or who painted him. Notice the short jacket sleeves and baloon blouse sleeves. Also note the narrow collar. |
Here we have a portrait of an American boy about 8-9 years old by an unknown naive artist. Unfortunately the boy is unidentified. And we have no idea where in America the boy was from. He wears a jacket with short sleeves and ballon sleeves. Note the lacing on the sleeves. We are not entirely sure sure when the portrait was painted. I think it is clearly pre-Civil War. We suspect the 1850s, probanly the early 50s. We think the 1840s is also possible, but we do not know enough about the 1840s to say yet. We have not found any photographs with a jacket and skeeves just like this which is one reason we think the late 40s or early 50s is the approximate time the portrait was painted. This would be the years that the baloon sleeves were popular. We are less sure about the laceing. The small collar is also notable. This was a popular style in the 1850s and 60s.
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