Choirboys and clergy

A carte-de-visite showing the clergy and choirboys (or altar boys) of an unidentified church, presumably in Brighton.

Brighton at this date (c.1870) was a hotbed of Ritualism. The clergy in this group portrait would have been in the vanguard of that movement, given that choirboys in surplices were then a contentious issue.

Photographed by Edward Fox of 44 Market Street, Brighton.