Five women are standing in a parlor with drapes and potted plants behind them. The woman on the left is holding a drawing in her hand and faces away from the viewer. She is wearing a purple velvet dress with a ribbon encircling the neck with a bow...
A woman stands in the foreground of this color illustration facing the viewer displaying her riding costume in a masculine style. She holds a riding crop in one hand while the other hand is on her hip. Her red hair is dressed sleejly back beneath...
On this black and white page of The Delineator, nine women display views of fashionable summer straw hats. The grouping of photographs, some square, some oval, and numbered 7 through 15, are composed in a garland around one woman in the center who...
A woman stands in three-quarter view modeling an elaborate pale blue gown. A stream, bridge, and a house with a porch and a flag in the background provides a holiday setting. Her dress is pale blue with white trimmings, inspired by fashions of the...
A dark-haired young woman wears the colors of Pennsylvania University, red and blue. She stands in a Belle Epoque garden setting and the bottom of the plate reads: "Pennsylvania." She stands between a bird-footed twisting column, a stand of blue...
A fair-haired young woman dressed in the maroon and white of the University of Chicago. She leans against a Renaissance-revival fountain pedestal and is surrounded by trees and pastel-colored flowers. University of Chicago buildings are in the...
A fair-haired young woman wears an outfit in the crimson of Harvard University. She sits on classically-inspired sculpted seat and rests her elbow on a pedestal, the foundation for a classical column. There a classically-patterned stone sidewalk...
A woman and two children dressed in fashions from approximately 1860 stand on pavement in front of a stone wall and a column. The woman is dressed in a dark green riding habit with a long, full skirt with a train. The jacket and skirt are decorated...
Against a distant pink sky a mother and her two children stand near a pond full of lily pads. The youngest child offers a treat to a white swan. The mother wears a green and white vertically-striped dress with a three tiered skirt. Each tier is...
Two boys and two girls stand in a lush garden next to a fountain under shady trees. The tallest boy on the left stands with his back to the viewer so we can see the rear cut of his blue jacket. The jacket has a snug fit, dropped shoulders, and...
Standing outdoors near a woven fence are two women and a young boy, with a vista of rolling green hills and trees. The woman on the left wears a green, blue and pink bias plaid dress with a double-layered skirt. The bodice is snugly fitted over her...
Three children gather around a baby in an effort to entertain the child before its christening ceremony. The child wears a long white ruched christening gown trimmed with bands of pleating and lace and a wide pink bow. The child wears an elaborate...
Two women dresses for riding, one on horseback, are joined by the nanny bringing a child to meet them. The woman on the left rides side-saddle on a brown horse whose bridle is adorned with a pink tassel and whose mane is braided with a pink bow. A...
A man and woman stand outdoors near a green bench. The woman holds a copy of the magazine, Les Modes Parisienne, for which this illustration was made. The man wears slim fitting tan trousers that brush the top of his matching tan spats. He wears a...
A wide variety of English coat styles for men are shown in this illustration for the Gentleman's Magazine of September 1855. The entire party stands against a garden wall on which there are two neoclassical urns with rose bushes; tall trees form...
Taking a walk out of doors are two women and a young girl wearing French fashions for September 1857. The woman on the left wears a black full skirted dress with a white blouse. The bodice buttons down the front. The skirt and the sleeves have...
Sitting together in a garden is a family of five children. The youngest boy on the left wears a gray outfit in a masculine style. His skirt is a kilt, pleated on the sides and back. Over this he wears a loose gray waistcoat and coat with wide...
A woman in an evening dress from 1812. The woman wears a white, short sleeved evening dress. The dress has a short bodice and a long plain skirt. The bodice is laced and pearls line the edges of the lacing. Her sleeves are almost off the shoulder...
