Figure 1.--This portrait taken in Montevido is undated. The boy wears a sailor suit with long, slender perfectly formed ringlet curls. Image courtesy of the RG collection.
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Figure 1.--This portrait taken in Montevido is undated. The boy wears a sailor suit with long, slender perfectly formed ringlet curls. Image courtesy of the RG collection. |
We have very few Latin American images, but we suspect that the wealthy class adopted European hair styles just as they did clothing styles. American fashions may have also been of some importance, but we suspect that European, including British, styles were more important. The influences varied from country to country. In the case of Uruguay we suspect there was a string Itlalian and Spanish influence, but because of trading patterns there was also a British influence. One portrait rom Montevideo sgows a boy in a sailor suit, probably in the 1890s wearing long, slender perfectly formed ringlet curls. One interesting aspect of this portrait is the unsual coiled ringlet on top the boy's head. We have seen very few other examples of portraits with this particular stle. While we are not sure how common ringlet curls were in Ueruguay, clearly mother was very proud of her little darling here. Note how the ringletshave been carefully placed so they would show to best advantage in the portrait. I am not sure what the Spanish-language term is for ringlets curls, perhaps something like " enrollamientos del ringlet ".
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