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Title
American fashions spring and summer 1856 by Genio C. Scott, No. 156 Broadway New York
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1856
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of two vignettes featuring men, women, and children outdoors; fashion details include patterned full skirt with three deep flounces, child's knee-length skirt with jacket and pantalettes, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, frock coats and tail coats worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; sporting, riding and fishing attire including fishing pole and basket, boots, and women's riding habit with jacket bodice; accessories include top hats, canes, riding crops, gloves, feathered hat, floral bonnet, parasol, and boys' caps; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Genio C. Scott in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 58.26 x 71.44 cm (22 15/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_FASH_001552
407260
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3160
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Fashion
Children's clothing--Pictorial works
Clothing and dress--Pictorial works
Fashion--Pictorial works
Men's clothing--Pictorial works
Women's clothing--Pictorial works
Scott, Genio C
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Fashion plates. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Fashion
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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