Details
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title Fashions for fall and winter 1848-9 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : T. Sinclair's lith
Date 1848
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 50 x 64 cm. (19.5 x 25 in.)
Description Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows six men and two women conversing in a parlor decorated with fine furniture and carpet. All of the men wear long jackets, vests, pants, and cravats. Some hold top hats and canes and wear gloves. An older gentleman is seated in a wing back chair with a paper in his left hand. Attired in high collared, long-sleeve dresses, one of the women holds a hankerchief and the other wears a top hat with a veil. Lower panel shows a fall scene of eight men and four boys standing and conversing in a field near a body of water. They are dressed in layers of clothing, including coats, capes, vests, cravats, striped pants, plaid plants, boots, top hats, and gloves. Two men hold canes and another a rifle. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. The boys, similarly dressed in long jackets, pants, boots, and caps, hold canes and a hoop. Buildings, possibly country homes, are visible in the background.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Illegible signature in lower right corner.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 74
Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]
Subject S. A. & A. F. Ward (Firm)
Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parlors.
Furnishings.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Fashion prints -- 1840-1850.
Location Smithsonian Institution| NMAH Home and Community Life Collection| SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]