Cavaliers

Have you ever though when looking at a group of male grey suited world leaders or businessmen;  how dull and frankly, boring?  The group might be enlivened with a colourfully dressed woman or if lucky Nelson Mandela in one of his wonderful shirts.  How different it might have been if fashion had taken a different direction.

The postcard is one of the Photochrom Company's Gallery series and is from the Wallace Collection  - "A Cavalier by Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier" The picture represents a Cavalier of the time of Louis XIII - early in the 17th Century.  The card says "nearly all of this artist's pictures are very small originals, and this one is of no exception".  So perfect for postcards.  Love those long boots but if perhaps going for a more casual look

maybe this lute player is the answer especially as he seems to have a barrel of wine to hand. No indication on the back to its origin but it

was sent  from my Great Aunt Lucy in (May?) 1911 who mentions, in an afterthought, it was a lovely warm day. 

An entry to Postcard Friendship Friday