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We also notice group portraits of just the children. Given the age spread of the children in a normal family, there were usually only about two boys the right age for Fauntleroy suits. We notice a few boys wearing both different and identical Fauntleroy suits. This involved both the suits and the fancy Fauntleroy blouses. We have noted three boys in Fauntleroy suits. I've never seen a family with four boys wearing Fauntleroy suits, but I wouldn't say that there ws no such families. This depended on part as to whether their were girls in family as well. We have found a few of these portraits with two boys, but three boys are very rare. The range could be extended if a boy was breeched early with seems to have happemned with Fauntleroy suits or if a a younger boy wore a Fauntleroy kilt suit. Another way of doing this was by dressing a boy in Fauntleroy suits into school-age boys. And by the time that Fauntleroy suits appeared, attending school was becoming more and more common, even for the well-to do. A factor to be considered was that American families in the late-19th century were larger than is the case today. Thus there was more likely to be at least two childen in the general age range for Fauntleroy suits.
We notice large numbers of portraits of boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. These of course do not tell us id there were other boys from the family wearing Fauntleroy suits. While dmilies were larger in the 19th centurt, not all families were large and not all children were born in close sucession. Also girls might furtherseparate the age gap between brothers resulting in obly one boy wearing Fauntleroy suits at any given time.
We notice families with a few boys wearing both different and identical Fauntleroy suits. This involved both the suits and the fancy Fauntleroy blouses. We also notice group portraits of just the children. Given the age spread of the children in a normal family, there were usually only about two boys the right age for Fauntleroy suits. A factor to be considered was that American families in the late-19th century were larger than is the case today. Thus there was more likely to be at least two childen in the general age range for Fauntleroy suits. By the time that Fauntleroy suits appeared, attending school was becoming more and more common, even for the well-to do. This meant that after age 6 when boys normally began school, we see fewer boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. This was a najor factor restricting the number of boys wearing Fauntleroy suits in a family. Earlier in the 19th centurty many boys from well-to-do families were educated at home by titors.
We have noted a few portrairs of families three boys in which three boys were Fauntleroy suits. The normal progression of births even with very large families was often at least a year and half between children. This depended on part as to whether their were girls in family as well. If a girk was born between boys this extended the age difference between the boys and thus reduced the rather narrow age range in wgich the boys would all wear Fauntleroy suits. We have found quite a number of portraits with two boys wearing Fauntleroy suits, but portraits with three boys are very rare. three boys are very rare. The range could be extended if a boy was breeched early with seems to have happemned with Fauntleroy suits or if a a younger boy wore a Fauntleroy kilt suit. Another way of doing this was by dressing a boy in Fauntleroy suits into school-age boys. As we see fewer boys wearing Fauntlrroy suits after age 6 years, this sigbificantly reduced the number of portraits with three boys wearing fauntleroy suits.
I've never seen a family with four boys wearing Fauntleroy suits, but I wouldn't say that there ws no such families.
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