Godey's fashions / Capewell & Kimmel, sc. – Historic Print
![Godey's fashions / Capewell & Kimmel, sc., [1864 April] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/dad7397bb584-L.webp)
(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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Godey's fashions / Capewell & Kimmel, sc. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Godey's fashions / Capewell & Kimmel, sc.
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Fashion plates like this one were the main way American women saw the latest styles in the 1860s, and this April 1864 example was engraved by the firm of Capewell & Kimmel for *Godey's Lady's Book*, the Philadelphia magazine edited by Sarah Josepha Hale. Plates were printed in black and white and then colored by hand, often by teams of women working from a model sheet, so no two copies looked exactly alike. The wide, bell-shaped skirts supported by hoop frames that dominated women's dress in this period are the silhouette to look for in plates of this date.
| Created / published | [1864 April] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Fashion plates 1860-1870.Engravings Hand-colored 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Engraved by Capewell & Kimmel. |
| Subjects | Women--Clothing & dress--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218978 |
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