Figure 1.- An HBC contributor has sent us an in image that we do not fully understand. She tells us, "Here we have an unusual studio photo portrait. We don't know the place, but the source is in French and it indicates possibly the 1870s." We have no idea about the country, but France seems resonable. The set looks to us more like a 1860s image, but the early-70s is certainly possible. The child must be a boy despite the long hair.

An HBC contributor has sent us an in image that we do not fully understand. She tells us, "Here we have an unusual studio photo portrait. We don't know the place, but the source is in French and it indicates possibly the 1870s." We have no idea about the country, but France seems resonable. The set looks to us more like a 1860s image, but the early 70s is certainly possible. The child must be a boy despite the long hair. While younger boys in the 19th century might wear dresses, girls did not wear pants of any kind except pantalettes. The top of the garment here looks like a dress bodice, but the bottom before the tight waist is rather roomy pants that narrow down to trim knee pants. The child is barefoot, which is very unusual in French 19th century photography, except when the portsit is mean to create a bucolic look. And the garment here seems a rather formal one. French boys are virtually never pictured barefoot in formal dress. The studio set is also unusual. It looks like a constructionn site. We have never seen anything like it.

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