Details
Title [Shankland's American fashions] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [c1849]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored. 57 x 71 cm. (22.5 x 28 in.)
Description Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 27 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the outdoor scene. Eight men, four boys, and a woman socialize. Most of the men wear suits with plain pants, long coats, bow ties or a cravat and wear top hats and hold canes. One man wears a hunting ouffit and holds a rifle. The boys wear pants and jackets, one in a smock-like style. Most also wear or hold caps. The woman wears a riding outfit. Many of the figures are shown from the back. Lower panel shows an indoor scene. Eight men, four boys, one woman and one girl socialize. Most of the men wear suits with plain pants, long coat or a cape, bow ties or a cravat, top hats and hold canes. One man wears a bed robe and the boys wear suits. The woman wears a bonnet, a cape-like coat with trim, and a full skirt. The girl wears a cape and pantaloons. Two of the men are seated on chairs. All the men wear muttonchops and/or mustaches. Key numbered 1-13 and 14-27 printed below the panels.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 210
Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849
Subject Shankland, John R.
Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Fashion prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849