Portrait Of A Greencoat Schoolboy, 1879

Portrait Of A Greencoat Schoolboy, 1879
Portrait Of A Greencoat Schoolboy, 1879
Portrait Of A Greencoat Schoolboy, 1879
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4628
Title
Portrait Of A Greencoat Schoolboy, 1879
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GRANBY ST - HIGH CROSS ST (CDV)
Strongroom Stack 24
Greencoat School
"Greencoat school boy 1879"
1/2 Glass plate negative
1879
GP3769

Negatives Collection, Leicestershire Record Office

A schoolboy from Alderman Newton School poses for a photo. The pupils were nicknamed the 'Green Cock Boys', on account of their peacock green school jackets. The school closed in 1999. Alderman Newton- the founder of the school- is one of the four statues present on the Clock Tower in Leicester City Centre.
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GP3769
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