Details
Contributor Biegeman, Adolph, colorist.
P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Mahan, F. publisher.
Title Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1854. [graphic] / Colored by A. Biegeman; P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lith. press, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street
Date c1854
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph.
Description Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and a boy socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boy wear suits, many with paisley-patterned pants, and the woman wears a patterned dress with full skirt and tassels as well as a bonnet. A large mirror on a stand, several chairs, and chaise lounges furnish the room decorated with carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before "The New Masonic Temple, Chestnut St., Phila." Six men, including clothing store proprietor Francis Mahan, two girls , a boy, and a woman stand on the street block. Four of the men wear suits, including one with an overcoat. Another man, with a girl in a skirt and bloomers standing at his side, wears a hunting oufit and holds a rifle. The woman comprises part of a couple attired in riding outfits who are flanked by a boy dressed in a suit, a girl wearing a skirt and bloomers, and the man with the overcoat. Most of the men wear mutton chops, including three with mustaches.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 546
LOC copy uncolored.
Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854
Subject Mahan, F. (Francis) -- Portraits.
Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Fashion prints -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Printer Mahan, F. (Francis), publisher.
Location Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854