User talk:Andrew987

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It's a tricky subject. I concur that the hats in the painting do resemble top-hats, but at this early stage, we need a reputable historian/source saying that these ARE early top-hats. For me, the brims are wider than the crowns are high, and I think they look too squat to be true top-hats, although they are certainly very close to being so (but saying so would be WP:OR). The interpretation of the hats in the painting as top-hats needs to be published somewhere reputable and verifiable before it can go in the article. Mabalu (talk) 10:00, 7 March 2013 (UTC)