May all the pleasures of the season attend you (1885)
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When Queen Victoria’s 5 year old son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, was painted wearing a sailor suit, so began the 19th century fashion of dressing boys and girls in a nautical style. Britain’s Royal Navy was at this time the most powerful in the world and dressing children in its uniform symbolised a great national pride.
Location: Ruth Nettlefold Scrapbook. Early and Fine Printing Collection item number 611336
