Portrait of a Seated Boy
Subject
Photograph
Title
Portrait of a Seated Boy
Date
ca. 1870
Description
The young boy seated on a pillow in this photograph is dressed in a tunic that buttons down his right side, with the Eton-style collar and cuffs of his shirt showing from beneath the garment. The wide leather belt combined with this side closure suggests an influence of Russian or Eastern European folk dress. We assume he is wearing short trousers which may be just visible on his left leg. The horizontal-striped stockings were very popular during the middle of the 19th century for boys and girls alike.
Girls and boys often had short hair and can be distinguished in photographs by the placement of the part. Girls often had their hair parted in the center, while little boys' hair was parted on the side.
albumen on cardboard
Girls and boys often had short hair and can be distinguished in photographs by the placement of the part. Girls often had their hair parted in the center, while little boys' hair was parted on the side.
albumen on cardboard
Source
Donor: Frank S. Collins
Identifier
URI 1957.07.01a
Contributor
Jacob St. Hilaire
Susan J. Jerome
Susan J. Jerome
Creator
Jas. W. Turner, Photographer, 47 Hanover Street. Boston.
All Negatives destroyed, unless purchased.
Jason W. Turner was listed at this address in the 1861 City Directory, and throughout the 1860s and 1870s.
All Negatives destroyed, unless purchased.
Jason W. Turner was listed at this address in the 1861 City Directory, and throughout the 1860s and 1870s.
Medium
albumen on cardboard
Collection
Citation
Jas. W. Turner, Photographer, 47 Hanover Street. Boston.
All Negatives destroyed, unless purchased.
Jason W. Turner was listed at this address in the 1861 City Directory, and throughout the 1860s and 1870s., “Portrait of a Seated Boy,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed April 27, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/269.