Monday's Child is Fair of Face

Dramatic Play - Are These Children Role Playing?

The young children pictured in these separate vignettes seem to be play acting rather than really living the roles associated with the days of the week. The bright colors of the children's clothing and the irregularly shaped, different colored pastel washes that ground each image create a lighthearted mood. Thursday's child is an African American boy in sailor's clothing, rare for its depiction of a child of color. Saturday's child is also clearly a boy holding a tool in each hand, and Monday's child admiring himself in a mirror appears to be male as well. Sunday's child is alone below two horizontal rows of three children each, emphasizing the specialness of one born on the Sabbath day.