Godey's unrivalled colored fashions--February, 1855 – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Godey's unrivalled colored fashions--February, 1855, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Godey's unrivalled colored fashions--February, 1855
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Godey's Lady's Book, the Philadelphia monthly, published this February 1855 fashion plate as an engraving that was colored by hand, a costly touch that set it apart from the plain prints common in magazines of the day. Louis Antoine Godey's journal was among the most widely read women's magazines in antebellum America, and its colored plates gave readers the latest styles to copy or show to a dressmaker. Colorists, often women working in workshops, applied the paint one sheet at a time, so no two copies came out exactly alike. The plate offers a useful view of how mid-century fashion traveled through print.
| Created / published | 1855 February. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Fashion plates 1850-1860.Engravings Hand-colored 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | Women--Clothing & dress--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,131 × 1,444 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218976 |
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