Original Victorian CDV (carte de visite or visiting card) studio portrait of good looking teenage boy, wearing a sack coat shirt or lounge suit as it is known in the , with turned up collar and 'four in hand' tie. His surname is Harman. Probably a middle class lad as owns a watch on a fob chain - maybe a coming of age present. From the studio John Hart, City Rd. & 15 Market Place, Leytonstone, London, circa 1880's, early 1890's from studio dates.
This lad is wearing a sack suit. The sack suit, or lounge suit as it was termed in Great Britain, originated in France as the sacque coat during the 1840s and took its name from the way it was cut (contrary to popular belief, the sack coat did NOT get its name from its loose fit “like a sack”). In contrast to the more elaborate frock coat whose back was constructed from four basic pieces, the sacque coat was simplified, consisting of two basic pieces. Moreover, the sack coat was designed to fit loosely. Sack coats usually had three or four button holes and often it was worn buttoned only at the top (as here). In the 1880s, 90s, and early 1900s these coats (and accompanying trousers) become increasingly more narrowly-fitted and cut closer to the body Source: Further dating information for this photo is that the lad is wearing a four in hand long tie and has a handkerchief pocket which first appeared in the 1880's. He also has flat short hair. Source:
Size: 4440px × 7021px
Location: London, England UK
Photo credit: © ThislifeThen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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