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...
A variety of English coat styles for men are shown in this illustration for March, 1855. Seven men are divided into two groups by the illustrator, the first group gathers around a man sitting in a chair, and the second group gathers around a man...
One of several drawings from "La Vieille Armee francaise" (1820) or "La Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon" (Paris, 1826), showing infantry uniforms or "military exploits under the First Empire, which made [Charlet's] work popular with the...
Belts (Clothing); Bows (Ribbon work); Clothing and dress; Collars; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Feathers; Flowers; Handbags; Hats; Headgear; Leaves; Lace and lace making; Necklaces; Neckwear; Ribbons; Shoes; Sleeves; Women's...
Two women pose in fashionable dresses for September 1822. The woman on the left is facing forward and wears a white poke bonnet with stripes of blue ribbon on the inside of the brim and one long blue ribbon tied under her chin. The bonnet is also...
Bodices; Bows (Ribbon work); Brooches; Clothing and dress; Color in clothing; Cuffs (Clothing); Dresses; Gloves; Gold jewelry; Handbags; Hats; Headgear; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Ribbons; Shoes; Hosiery; Sleeves; Women's clothing;...
A woman poses in a walking dress for 1829. She wears a wide brimmed, blue bonnet with large, pink bows adorning the crown and the underside of the brim. A pink ribbon secures the hat under her chin. The collar of her dress consists of two tiers of...
Women's clothing; Color in clothing; Hair ornaments; Lace and lace making; Fans; Chairs; Tables
There are two women in a parlor. The one on the left rests against the arm of an elaborately carved chair with blue upholstery. She wears Chinese inspired attire. Her hat is a small green and gold pyramid held on with an elaborate gold hair pin....
Four women stand against a railing on the beach, all in bathing dresses. The woman on the far left wears a hat with flowers and a ribbon tied beneath her chin. Her dress has a wide collar and long bell sleeves. There are buttons down the bodice,...
A woman in a yellow dress leans against the back of a chair, reading a letter. Her gown has a high neck banded with deep red velvet, with three decorative points down the bodice also in red. The sleeves are long and narrow and are trimmed with...
A woman is leaning against a wall wearing a mauve dress with a bolero style bodice over a yellow blouse. The sleeves are tight and end with three pointed layers at the wrists. At the shoulders are three gathered ruffles. The bodice is formed of...
Belts (Clothing); Bows (Ribbon work); Caps (Headgear); Clothing and dress; Hats; Kerchiefs; Sand; Seas and oceans; Shoes; Women's clothing; Women's hats; Women's shoes
A red-haired woman stands in her bathing costume on the sand with ocean waves breaking in the background. The illustrator has depicted her in a modest fashion with her eyes lowered and her arms crossed against her chest. She wears a sea-foam green...
Bows (Ribbon work); Caps (Headgear); Clothing and dress; Ribbons; Seas and oceans; Seaweed; Women's clothing; Women's hats
A young woman stands ankle-deep in calm turquoise blue waters in her bathing costume. Her sleeveless costume is of a brown mottled fabric with pink shoulder straps and ribbon tied in a casual bow just below the bust, creating an Empire waist. The...
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...
Bodices; Brocade; Clothing and dress; Collars; Dresses; Flowers; Gloves; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Pleats (Sewing); Scrolls; Sleeves; Women's clothing
A young woman is dressed for the evening in ball gown She stands in a three-quarter profile view and leans against the mantle of a (suggested) fireplace. The scroll-work on the fireplace indicates a well-appointed home where the young woman holds a...
A woman stands in three-quarter view and leans casually against a rustic wooden fence outdoors with tall grass and wildflowers growing there. She has dark brown hair and wears a fashionable dark-colored suit with a white shirt. The skirt is flared...
Bodices; Clothing and dress; Collars; Dresses; Hairstyles; Lace and lace making; Letters; Pleats (Sewing); Sleeves; Stripes; Women's clothing; Brooches
Against an abstracted background of a large pink circle, a woman stands in three-quarter profile view, reading a letter and wearing an elegant dress. She has an upswept hairstyle and wears no hat or gloves. The dress is sea-foam green. The bodice...
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 woman and child lean against an Empire style table, displaying their London fashions for an evening party. The gowns they wear evoke the styles of ancient Greece and Rome with classical details such as the implied egg and dart pattern down the...
Four adolescents and four children display their elegant French fashions for 1834. The first boy, who leans back against a neoclassical pedestal, wears white lace-trimmed pantalettes and a white blouse with a short ruffled collar. Over these, he...
This print is divided into two sections showing three women in the top panel and four children in the bottom panel, all in fashions for June, 1839. The woman at the left wears an elegant pink dress for an evening party. It has an off-the-shoulder v...
A woman and two children stand in a well-appointed parlor. The older girl, who leans against the arm of a blue-striped silk upholstered chair, wears a blue redingote fastened with buttons to the waist. Her white elaborately-embroidered dress, with...
