Figure 1.-- Here we have a portrait of an unidentified London family. All we know for sure is that they lived near Hyde Park which means central London. The portrait is undated, but the baloon sleeves on the girl's dress suggest the mid-1890s. It is a little unusul to have a family portrait without the mother. It is possble tht they lost her. The children look about 7-15 years old. The boys wear identical traditional sailor suits with whistle lanyards and bows. They wear heavy winter sailor suits with iconic V-front collar and back flap. The suit is very plain so there is an added V-collar with the three stripe detailing.

Here we have a portrait of an unidentified London family. All we know for sure is that they lived near Hyde Park which means central London. The portrait is undated, but the baloon sleeves on the girl's dress suggest the mid-1890s. It is a little unusul to have a family portrait without the mother. It is possble tht they lost her. The children look about 7-15 years old. The boys wear identical traditional sailor suits with whistle lanyards and bows. They wear heavy winter sailor suits with iconic V-front collar and back flap. The suit is very plain so there is an added V-collar with the three stripe detailing. The suits are presumably navy blue. The added collar was probably done in royal blue. They are knee pants suits worn with long stockings. The only difference we note is that the older boy's dickie has some decorative collar trim. The girl's dress has a smocked bodice with decorative emroidery. The embroidery is repeated on the cuffs. It is a dark dress, but there is no way of telling about the color. The boys have cropped hair. The girl has long wavy hair. Father wears a wing collar and small white bowtie like neckwear.

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