Details
Creator Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist.
Contributor Duval, Peter S., ca. 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title Shankland's American fashions for the spring & summer of 1851, 100 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by A. Hoffy.
Publisher Philadelphia: P.S. Duval steam lith. press
Date c1851
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored.
Description Fashion advertisement containing a bi-level scene of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children socializing on and below a veranda near a lake. Below the veranda, near a lawn, nine men, three boys and a woman stand, converse, and sit on a bench. The seated woman wears a riding outfit and holds a crop. The men, most attired in overcoats, vests, and bow ties, hold or wear top hats. Many also hold canes and one leans on a stone pediment. Another wears a hunting outfit and holds a rifle. The boys, one looking onto the lawn, wear jackets and long pants. On the veranda, seven men and four boys converse and stand. The men attired in overcoats, vests, and bow ties, hold or wear top hats and a number hold canes. The boys wear long pants, and jackets, with one accessorized with a cap and the other with a top hat. Trees and mountains are visible in the background. Figures numbered 1-13, lower level and 14-24, upper level. Also contains trompe l'oeil frame.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Artist's signature center left.
Copyrighted by John R. Shankland.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 213
Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1851 (D size) [P&P]
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 PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1851 (D size) [P&P]