Godey's Fashions For January 1879 (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1879
American
Prints
Works On Paper
hand colored engraving on wove paper, mounted overall to green paper support
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (21.59 × 26.67 cm)
Mount (green paper support): 12 5/8 × 12 in. (32.07 × 30.48 cm)
40.9.102
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: J.H. Camp Pihla. (sic)/ Godey's Fashions for January 1879. Inscribed in ink on mount beneath print: Plates reprinted in American Magazines./ Godey- Peterson- Graham- Frank Leslie/ later Demorest and Harper's Bazaar- still in existence/ Now our magazines have their own staff/ and also illustrate by Photography. Inscribed on verso of mount upper right: 1879.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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