Details
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title Fashions for spring and summer 1854 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's lith
Date [ca. 1853]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph mounted on paper; 59 x 75 cm.(23 x 29.5 in.)
Description Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 16 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Upper panel shows six men, two women, and two boys socializing on a verandah. The men and boys wear patterned, light, and dark pants and jackets, bow ties or a cravat, and wear and hold top hats and canes. The women wear plain and ruffled hoop skirts, with one also attired in a bonnet and holding a parasol. Lower panel shows five men and a woman standing near a river lined by a stone gate monument, farmhouse, and mansion house. Includes a woman in a riding habit (part of a couple) standing next to a horse across from a man in a coat and tails. Four of the men wear patterned pants, long coats, and hold or wear hats. One also wears a plaid vest. Many of the depicted men wear mustaches. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-16 printed below the figures.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 77
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263c 1854
Subject S. A. & A. F. Ward (Firm)
Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Furnishings.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Fashion prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 642 W 263c 1854