Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo buddhist painting with some loss of stain

with some loss of stain to the base only

1845-1906 of Sedgwick

6 1/2" across at legs

supplied the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

hang it on the wall

Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo buddhist painting with some loss of stainHard to believe that making students wear dunce caps was once a common practice but so it was, extending well into the 20th century as a classroom practice. Pretty rare though to find a candid snapshot of a child wearing one in class though, which this does seem to be, complete with one boy looking as if about to throw something at the camera, and what looks perhaps to be the teacher standing in the back. Heartbreaking, though I do read at least some