cabinet photograph

J A Draycott

Summary

Full length portrait of a boy seated on a mock stone surrounded by plants. Painted studio backdrop of an outdoor scene with stone steps leading to a building with trees and flowers around it. The boy is wearing a wide brimmed straw hat and a dark wool suit with knee length trousers and a white blouse with deep frill cuffs and a wide turned down collar with a frill. he wears a white ribbon round his neck tied in a bow, black stockings and leather shoes with 2 straps and a decorative buckle. Written on the back "Wishing Pollie / 'A Happy Xmas' / 96"