Portrait of a boy


Portrait of a boy, ca. 1800 , originally uploaded by bobster1985.

Portrait of a boy, the Right Honourable J. A. Plantaganet Stewart. (ca. 1800)

From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London


Posted by on January 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am

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One Response to “Portrait of a boy”

  1. Jaye

    Ah, yes. I’d forgotten about breeching.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeching_(boys)

    I used to mourn that I was born after this practice had fallen out of favor. I just had to wait till I was “grown up” to wear dresses.

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