Figure 4.--Here we believe that we know when and wear this charming portrait was painted. The little boy's sailot tunic suggest that the paortait is American, painted about 1900. This may be another painting that is difficult to attribute because it was probably not done by a major artist. It does illustrate popular conventions at the turn of the century. |
Here we believe that we know when and wear this charming portrait was painted. The little boy's sailot tunic suggest that the paortait is American, painted about 1900. This may be another painting that is difficult to attribute because it was probably not done by a major artist. It does illustrate popular conventions at the turn of the century. We are not sure, for example, to what extent girls wore tunic suits like their brothers. In this family at least, a tunic suit waa a boy's outfit. This little boy older sister wears a plain white frock. Many girls at the time had long hair and hair bows. Some girls, however, like this girl had short hair. Norice that the boy's tunic suit is brown.
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