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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Godey's Unrivaled Colored Fashions
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Godey's Unrivaled Colored Fashions

Engraver Illman & Sons (American, 19th century)
CultureAmerican
Date1854
MediumEngraving
InscribedRecto, bottom left, pencil: "January 1854" Recto, bottom center, printed: "GODEY'S UNRIVALED COLORED FASHIONS."
Credit LineGift of Ms. Anne Rowland
Object number79.210.144
Not on view
DescriptionPage from Les Modes Parisiennes; Peterson's Magazine. Commonly called Godey's Lady's Book. Depicts four women in elegant dresses. They are standing outside. The woman in the center right is holding binoculars and looks out at boats in the distance. The woman on the far left wears a pink dress and the woman on the center left wears a green dress.