A small boy places his grandfather's wig and hat on his younger sister; the grandfather looks on with amusement. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1824.

A grandfather ties a blind around his grandson so that he can play blind man's buff with some girls. Photogravure, 1905, after Fred Morgan.

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