Figure 1.-- This cabinet card portrait was identified as 'Mater Tommy Purcell'. Presumably is proper name was Thomas. He was 5 yeatrs ols and not yet breeched. He wears a sailor blouse and a whte pleated skirt without any other kilt features. The skirt is a little shorter than was common. He is wearing dark long stockings. The portrait was taken in 1892. The studio was C.F. [letters indestinct] Smith in Sterling, Illinois. The mount is very plain. Tommy is pictured with a violin. It is rare to see such a young boy with a violin in the 19th century, although more common today. In earlier portraits, chikden were sometines pictured with instruments they could not play. By the 189s it was increasingly common for children to learn instruments in prosperous America. .

Tommy Purcell (United States, 1892)

This cabinet card portrait was identified as 'Mater Tommy Purcell'. Presumably is proper name was Thomas. He was 5 years ols and not yet breeched. He wears a sailor blouse and a whte pleated skirt without any other kilt features. The skirt is a little shorter than was common. He is wearing dark long stockings. Tommy has ringlet curls. They are a little unusual, set kind of low. They begin at about ear level. The portrait was taken in 1892. The studio was C.F. [letters indestinct] Smith in Sterling, Illinois. The mount is very plain. Tommy is pictured with a violin. It is rare to see such a young boy with a violin in the 19th century, although more common today. In earlier portraits, chikden were sometines pictured with instruments they could not play. By the 189s it was increasingly common for children to learn instruments in prosperous America.








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