Here's a carte-de-visite showing a young boy named Eugene in an off-the-shoulder dress. the diagonal rug pattern mimics the bias-cut diagonal plaid of his dress. I'm thinking late 1860s for this one, based on the clothing and the style of the CDV.
A gallery of images from my collection of antique photographs of children with their pets, with my captions and commentary. Photo formats include ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, snapshots, and real photo postcards (RPPCs). The pets include everything from dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs to farm animals to wild animals. These restored images are all copyright Pat Street, 2009. Enjoy them, but please don't copy them without permission.