Children’s Fashions – Summer 1875

Late Victorian Children’s Summer Apparel from The Queen Magazine 1875

This authentic 1875 hand-colored fashion plate, presented to the subscribers of London’s prominent periodical The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper and Court Chronicle, offers a whimsical depiction of high-society children’s summer fashions. The colorful group composition portrays six children—four girls and two boys—playing in a lush rural meadow surrounded by dense green trees. The apparel designs beautifully capture the textures of the late Victorian era, featuring a central girl modeling a grey and blue tattersall plaid day dress paired with a vibrant blue vest, a white ruffled lace blouse, and a matching floral straw hat.

Antique British Fashion Lithograph and 19th-Century Youth Leisure

The print highlights the active playwear of Victorian youth, showcasing a girl on the far left running with a butterfly net while dressed in a tiered white muslin smock, and a central figure in a draped brown polonaise bodice with an integrated bustle overskirt. To the right, the boys display tailored period outfits including a tan double-breasted jacket with contrasting diagonal button arrangements and a traditional boy’s blue kilt suit with long black leather boots while playing with a wooden hoop toy. Complete with the original upper and lower margins detailing the May 22nd publication date and Paris fashion origins, this rare archival engraving is a vital reference for mid-19th-century family textile history.