cabinet photograph

W E Debenham

Summary

Full length group portrait of 2 small children and 1 boy. The 2 children are seated on a velvet upholstered armchair with a narrow back and rounded sides. The boy is standing beside the chair holding the childs hand. All the children have short side parted hair. The boy is wearing a 3/4 length double breasted wool coat and knee length wool trousers. He has a wide turn down collar and white necktie and he is wearing pale ribbed stockings and buttoned up leather ankle boots. The child beside him is wearing a short sleeved white cotton dress with bows at the sleeve and a round neck. The dress is worn with a ribbon tied around the waist and has a velvet underskirt, worn with white stockings with buttoned up leather ankle boots. The other child is wearing a short velvet dress with short sleeves with a woolen braid finish. The dress has a round neck and check ribbons tied into bows at the sleeves. Above the hem of the skirt are 4 rows of contrasting ribbon, worn with white socks and ankle boots. Plain studio backdrop with a drape to the right.