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 Sarah Dopp on January 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Category: faces One comment »
January 19th, 2009 at 1:56 am |
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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