Americanizing French Fashion Plates: Godey's and Peterson's Cultural and...
Godey's Lady's Book, September 1861. via Foter.Americanizing French Fashion Plates: Godey's and Peterson's Cultural and Socio-Economic Translation of Les Modes ParisiennesKarin J. BohlekeAmerican...
View ArticleArchaeological revival coral demi-parure, ca. 1840, made in Naples, Italy.
Archaeological revival coral demi-parure, ca. 1840, made in Naples, Italy. Bentley & Skinner.
View ArticleTurquoise and gold snake necklace, ca. 1840.
Turquoise and gold snake necklace, the realistically formed serpent with graduated snake scale-link body, the head set with small round cabochon-cut turquoise on a finely scroll engraved background,...
View ArticleA group portrait of the Yankee Booth group at the Albany Army Relief Bazaar,...
A group portrait of the Yankee Booth group at the Albany Army Relief Bazaar, 1864. Churchill & Denison, photographer[Yankee Booth Group], 1864Albumen silver printImage: 13.9 × 19.1 cm (5 1/2 × 7...
View ArticleThe Waterfall, 1853 (British)
The WaterfallDate:1853Artist:John Everett Millais English painter, 1829–1896Medium:Oil on panelDimensions:9 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (23.2 × 33.3 cm)frame: 19 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (50.2 × 60 cm)Credit Line:Samuel...
View Article[Portrait of a Seated Woman in Bonnet (Hair accessory) Wearing a Brooch];...
(She is wearing a ribbon hair accessory, not a bonnet.) [Portrait of a Seated Woman in Bonnet Wearing a Brooch]; about 1861; Unknown maker, American; Hand-colored ambrotype; Image: 5.1 × 3.8 cm (2 × 1...
View Article[Group Family Portrait], August 1853
Unknown maker, American, daguerreotypist[Group Family Portrait], August 1853DaguerreotypeImage: 6.7 × 8.9 cm (2 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.), Mat: 8.3 × 10.8 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los...
View ArticleCotton jacket, American ca. early-mid 1860s
Cotton jacket, American ca. early-mid 1860s. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
View ArticleMemorial or mourning brooch, hairwork on ivory, engraved on verso: "Caroline...
Memorial or mourning brooch, hairwork on ivory, engraved on verso: "Caroline / In remembrance of / Henrietta. / August 24th 1863". Object #2005.1766. MFA Houston.
View ArticleTextiles; ca. 1850s.
Textiles; ca. 1850s. Manufactured by Schwartz-Huguenin; cotton; H x W: 39.6 x 33.3 cm (15 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.); Gift of Bruce Buttfield; 1967-10-14-g. Cooper-Hewitt. 1967-10-14-f
View Article[Portrait of Miss L.P. Lisson], 1859
Attributed to J. Sidney Brown (American, active 1860s), photographer[Portrait of Miss L.P. Lisson], 1859Sphereotype, hand-coloredImage: 8.9 × 6.5 cm (3 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.), Mat: 10.6 × 8.1 cm (4 3/16 ×...
View Article"Black Velvet Caraco", Peterson's Magazine, February 1862, p. 178.
"Black Velvet Caraco", Peterson's Magazine, February 1862, p. 178. Internet Archive.
View Article[Portrait of a Seated Woman], about 1848–1856
Unknown maker, American, daguerreotypist[Portrait of a Seated Woman], about 1848–1856Daguerreotype, hand-coloredPlate (1/4 Plate): 10.5 × 8.3 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los...
View ArticleLe Monde Elegant, September 1864
Le Monde Elegant, September 1864. LAPL Digital Gallery.
View ArticleAutograph and Photograph Booth at the Albany (New York) Army Relief Bazaar,...
Jordan H. Abbott (American, 1830 - 1879), photographer[Autograph and Photograph Booth], 1864Albumen silver printImage: 18.8 × 14.4 cm (7 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.), Mount: 25.6 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16...
View ArticleEmbroidered jacket, French ca. 1865-69.
Embroidered jacket, French ca. 1865-69. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
View Article[Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.], about 1865–1870
Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873), photographer[Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.], about 1865–1870Albumen silver print, stereoscope detail.The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of...
View Article[Our Bessie], about 1860 [Pretty sure Bessie is the horse.]
Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873), photographer[Our Bessie], about 1860Albumen silver print, stereoscope detail. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XC.873.801
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