Figure 1.-- We see four children who look to be about 5-18 years old. The two boys look to be about 10-13 years old. This cabinet card is difficult to date. We think it was taken in the late-1870s, but the early 80s is certainly possible. The lack of Fauntleroy styling suggests to us that it was not taken in the late-80s. CDVs dominated the 1860s and 70s. We do not begin to see many cabinet cards until the late-70s. The fact that there is no studio logo and text on the mount suggests that it was an early cabinet card. The younger boy wears a knee pants dailor suit, but an early style and not the traditional styles suits which given the ages we think rules out the early- or even mid-70s. The styling lacks th tradutional detailing that became popular in the 80s. The older boy wears a Eton collar suit with a collar-buttoning jacket.

We see four children who look to be about 5-18 years old. The two boys look to be about 10-13 years old. This cabinet card is difficult to date. We think it was taken in the late-1870s, but the early 80s is certainly possible. The lack of Fauntleroy styling suggests to us that it was not taken in the late-80s. CDVs dominated the 1860s and 70s. We do not begin to see many cabinet cards until the late-70s. The fact that there is no studio logo and text on the mount suggests that it was an early cabinet card. The younger boy wears a knee pants dailor suit, but an early style and not the traditional styles suits which given the ages we think rules out the early- or even mid-70s. The styling lacks th tradutional detailing that became popular in the 80s. The older boy wears a Eton collar suit with a collar-buttoning jacket. The collar-buttoning jacket looks more like the 70s than 80s. We think the older boy may be wearing knee pants suit, but it is not clear. The younger child wears a dress and patalettes with short white socks and double-bar strap shoes. The child looks to be a girl, but we we are not enirely sure. The potrait looks to have been taken in the family's back garden--English peak for back yard. We think that outdoors portraits were more common in the 80s than 70s, but this is something we have just begun to date.

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