Figure 1.-- This cabinet card portait with a dark green mount appears to be the work of an intinerant photographer which perhaps is why there is no studio information on the mount. It appears to be taken on the stoop of an unidentified family's home. It is undated but the arge baloon sleeves of the mother helps to date it to about 1895. It is interesting to see the family not in the studio, but with their home in the background. We would say that this was a working-class family. Thepooch and hobby horse suggest that they are living in comfortable circumsances. The father is not in the portrait, probably because he was at work when the portrait was taken. The boys look to be about 5-11 yers old. The older boy wears school cap and knee pant suit. He would have still been in school. We are a little surprised that he is not wearing an Eton collar. His younger brother wears a kind of tassled tocking cap and blouse-jacket with a large collar that has striping.

This cabinet card portait with a dark green mount appears to be the work of an intinerant photographer which perhaps is why there is no studio information on the mount. It appears to be taken on the stoop of an unidentified family's home. It is undated but the arge baloon sleeves of the mother helps to date it to about 1895. It is interesting to see the family not in the studio, but with their home in the background. We would say that this was a working-class family. The pooch and hobby horse suggest that they are living in comfortable circumsances. We are guessing the little boy insisted on having his precicious hobby horse in the portrait. The father is not in the portrait, probably because he was at work when the portrait was taken. The boys look to be about 5-11 yers old. The older boy wears school cap and knee pant suit. He would have still been in school. We are a little surprised that he is not wearing an Eton collar. His younger brother wears a kind of tassled stocking cap and blouse-jacket with a large collar that has striping.

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