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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
Date1856
MediumEngraving
InscribedRecto, bottom left, pencil: "January 1856" Recto, bottom center, print: "Godey's Unrivaled Colored Fashions"
Credit LineGift of Ms. Anne Rowland
Object number79.210.175
Not on view
DescriptionPage from Les Modes Parisiennes; Peterson's Magazine. Commonly called Godey's Lady's Book. Depicts two women wearing elegant gowns in an interior scene. Both have shawls draped around themselves. The woman on the left wears a pink dress and pink bonnet. The woman on the right wears a teal dress.