Antique Cabinet Card J T Locke Young Boy Suit Fringed Chair E Canaan E Canaan NH

Antique Cabinet Card J T Locke Young Boy Suit Fringed Chair E Canaan E Canaan NH

This antique cabinet card features a formal portrait of a young boy dressed in a tailored suit, posed carefully within the studio of J T Locke. The lad sits stoically upon a decorative fringed chair, a hallmark of late 19th-century photographic staging.

The composition captures the quintessential aesthetic of East Canaan, NH, during the Victorian era. Collectors of regional New Hampshire history or early portraiture will appreciate the sharp detail of the boy’s attire and the authentic studio mark of Locke.

A remarkable window into the life of a young boy in East Canaan.