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

Engraver Illman & Sons (American, 19th century)
CultureAmerican
Date1856
MediumEngraving
InscribedRecto, bottom left, pencil: "January 1856" Recto, bottom center, printed: "Godey's Colored Fashions."
Credit LineGift of Ms. Anne Rowland
Object number79.210.141
Not on view
DescriptionPage from Les Modes Parisiennes; Peterson's Magazine. Commonly called Godey's Lady's Book. Depicts two women in elegant dresses. The woman on the left is seated and wears a blue dress. She holds a scroll of paper in her left. The woman on the right is standing, wearing a pink dress. She holds a fan in one hand and a handkerchief in the other.