A woman wears a yellow dress with an empire waist, elbow length sleeves, and ankle-length skirts. Her sleeves have a yellow ruffle at the hem in back, and she wears a soft pink kerchief trimmed in blue and white around her shoulders and tucked into...
Two women are standing in an elegant room. The woman on the left is wearing a blue dress over a pink blouse. The blouse has a gathered front and a high collar with a with a white lace ruff at the neck. She wears a gold cameo with a pendant pinned...
A woman wears an empire waist dress of black fabric patterned with a small yellow and white design. Her sleeves are tight and end at the elbow. She wears a white apron tied below the bust and a soft pink and white plaid kerchief wrapped around her...
Two women are standing in an elegant room The woman on the right rests her hand on a chair. The woman on the left wears a long-sleeved lavender brocade dress with a floral pattern. The bodice has vertical soft pleats, and four tiers of plain...
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...
Clothing and dress; Dresses; Gloves; Lace and lace making; Mirrors; Shoes; Tassels; Veils; Wedding costume; Women's clothing; Pleats (Sewing)
A bride stands with her back to the viewer in order to display the veil of her wedding costume. She stands in contrapposto with an oval mirror in her left hand, and her right hand on her hip. Her head is turned in profile as she inspects herself in...
Belt buckles; Belts (Clothing); Blouses; Bows (Ribbon work); Buttons; Clothing and dress; Collars; Cuffs (Clothing); Feathers; Flowers; Gloves; Hairstyles; Hats; Lace and lace making; Neckwear; Parasols; Pleats (Sewing); Ribbons; Sleeves;...
The torsos of four women display their American shirt-waist fashions, all with masculine-inspired elements. The woman in the upper left wears a is pale green blouse with a front button fastening, a very high turnover collar, and long sleeves. The...
This black and white illustration of a woman is a composite of a drawing of the gown and and of a photo, with color added, of the model's face. The woman turns, presenting a three-quarter pose, and an outlined rectangle with a four petaled flower...
Striped bands create a stylish dress of lavender and black. The collar and upper bodice are pale green with a black floral pattern in brocade or lace. Two wide horizontal bands of lavender and black cross the bodice at the shoulder and just below...
A dark-haired woman looks directly at the viewer in a three-quarter pose wearing an elaborate white wedding dress. The bodice has a deep round neck with an inset of lace, with a high collar and a key-hole neckline, showing her five strand pearl...
This watercolor depicts a woman displaying an outfit that is a picturesque combination of historic styles from the early 1800s with early 1900 styles. She wears a sheer, white, floor length dress that is tightly bound at the waist by a wide sash or...
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 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...
A brown-haired young woman and brown-haired child, perhaps a mother and her daughter, look at each other while they model their circa 1820-1830 fashions. The woman wears a long colorful dress with a tight fitting bodice and full skirt. The fabric...
Three women and two children take a walk through the garden while they display their fashions for the 1830s. The limited use of blue and green watercolors in the work suggest that the print is unfinished. The woman on the far left wears a long,...
A gentleman wears a knee-length, dark green striped cutaway tail coat with large gold buttons. The stripes are vertical on the body, and cut on the bias for the sleeves, giving them a chevron pattern. His red waistcoat is patterned with stars. His...
Boots; Bows (Ribbon work); Buildings; Clothing and dress; Coats; Collars; Cuffs (Clothing); Gloves; Hairstyles; Handkerchiefs; Hats; Men's clothing; Pleats (Sewing); Sailing ships; Seas and oceans; Shoes; Trees; Vests
Three men are conversing in a park that overlooks a seaport. The man on the left stands with his back to the viewer in order to show the back of his casually-fitted black lounge coat. He wears slim powder blue trousers and a white shirt with a...
In this illustration of a Catholic family, a mother prepares her daughter for her First Communion while the girl's brother stands nearby. With one hand on a prie-dieu and the other holding her prayer book, the girl wears a white full skirted dress,...
A young girl walks with a red rose in one hand and her hat in the other while she casts a sullen look over her shoulder. She wears a light blue, two-piece outfit of a short skirt and tunic top. The skirt ends well above her knees, and she wears...
