Quantity: 1

Auction Ends: 12/15/00

High Bidder: gfajuri@umich.edu

Seller: Ye Old eBay Web Masters

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An interesting itemIthe child in the painting wears the item for sale, a set of clothing that actually went out of style rather quickly in England. Children in England did not wear this style, though many assume it to be a standard. However, this painting (by the artist Gainsborough) is a "result of a short-lived fashion in England in the 1760's-1780's for having one's portrait painted in dress from the previous century pulled out of trunks in the attic, much the way today people get themselves photographed in sepia colors in Wild West clothing."* *http://www.costumes.org/pages/18thchil.htm

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