Fashion print showing a young couple in plain dress on promenade. The man wears a broad-rimmed hat, white cravat, and suit. The woman wears a poke bonnet and a plain dress with a large white collar and puff sleeves. Each holds or wears gloves., Date from manuscript note on recto: Costume 1844., Philadelphia on Stone
Date
1844
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Fashion [P.2005]
Album containing amateurly-cut, primarily bust-length silhouettes of men and women. Majority include caricatured or non-descript features. Small number of the prints depict full-length silhouettes, including a man holding an eye glass, a man holding a book near a table, and a man holding a filled basket. Also includes a silhouette of a tall male figure and squat female figure and corresponding pencil sketch. Many silhouettes also include hair adornments and other fashion details.
Metamorphic trade card containing six bust-length portraits of three men and three woman with changeable upper and lower facial features. Female portraits depict a young, middle age, and older woman. The younger women wear hats and coats with collars. The older woman scowls and wears a bonnet and collared shirtwaist. Male portraits depict an older man, young gentleman, and gypsy figure. The older man is depicted bald-headed with a beard, in an undershirt, and frowning; the gentleman wears a top hat, cravat, and suit; and the gypsy figure is portrayed with a smirk, earring, and a Phrygian shaped red cap. Also contains several lines of advertising text, including "All my clothes are Lily white, Water Lily Soap maded them bright"; Water Lily Soap moves dirt & smell"; and "Alas I'm troubled, blue and sad, All other Soap but Water Lily's bad.", Title supplied by cataloger., Name of distributor printed on recto and verso: Joseph I. Keefe, General Agent. 35 South 2nd Street. Philadelphia, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34x]
Textile label showing a half-length portrait of a girl in traditional Normandy costume. She holds a small bouquet of flowers to her chin., Printed and inscribed on recto: Style 17491-2. Yds. 41 2., Inscribed on recto: U 1/2/10., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.109]
Full-length portrait of a woman wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, with a high, tight collar and ruffled sleeves. She wears a tall hat with ribbon plumage and stands in front of a room screen decorated with foliage-patterned fabric., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.77]
Genre scene depicts two young peasant girls in an embrace and holding bunches of grapes. Proof vignette, bust-profile portraits printed in the upper corners and show women attired in hats, earrings, collars, and shirtwaists., Inscribed upper right corner: 83., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.51b]
Album containing amateurly-cut, primarily bust-length silhouettes of men and women. Majority include caricatured or non-descript features. Small number of the prints depict full-length silhouettes, including a man holding an eye glass, a man holding a book near a table, and a man holding a filled basket. Also includes a silhouette of a tall male figure and squat female figure and corresponding pencil sketch. Many silhouettes also include hair adornments and other fashion details., Inscribed on verso of front cover: Barbara A. Townshind, Stanley Place, May 1804., End papers and verso of back cover contain semi-legible pencil inscribed verse., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
Creator
Townshind, Barbara A.
Date
May 1804
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9723]
Arriving in Coomassie, Bowdich and his party encountered an enormous crowd -- "upwards of 5000 people," most of whom were warriors. Amidst smoke, martial music, and a "confusion of flags," the military captains performed a dance. "The dress of the captains," Bowdich explained, "was a war cap, with gilded ram horns projecting in front, the sides extended beyond all proportion by immense plumes of eagles feathers, and fastened under the chin with bands of cowries. Their vest was of red cloth, covered with fetishes and saphies (scraps of Moorish writing, as charms against evil) in gold and silver; and embroidered cases of almost every colour, which flapped against their bodies as they moved, intermixed with small brass bells, the horns and tails of animals, shells, and knives; long leopards tails hung down their backs, over a small bow covered with fetishes. They wore loose cotton trowsers, with immense boots of a dull red leather, coming half way up the thigh, and fastened by small chains to their cartouch or waist belt; these were also ornamented with bells, horses tails, strings of amulets, and innumerable shreds of leather; a small quiver of poisoned arrows hung from their right wrist, and they held a long iron chain between their teeth, with a scrap of Moorish writing affixed to the end of it. A small spear was in their left hands, covered with red cloth and silk tassels; their black countenances heightened the effect of this attire, and completed a figure scarcely human." (p. 32), Plate in T. Edward Bowdich's Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee: with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa (London: J. Murray, Albemarle-Street: printed by W. Pulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1819), p. 32., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
Dec. 2, 1818
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Afri Bowd 12983.Q p 32, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2893
View showing a man in traditional Scottish attire, including a kilt, standing with two young girls near the entranceway to a manor. Also shows hedges., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title and name of photographer from manuscript note on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries.
Creator
Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date
[ca. 1859]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Views [5754.F.30n]
Illustration after the romanticized paintings and drawings of artist Agostino Brunias (ca. 1730-1796) when he worked in the British West Indian colonies, particularly Dominica. Brunias’s work was often copied and the West Indian island or community depicted identified inaccurately. Moving clockwise from the top left, "Place et Fontaine Montarcher" shows a fountain and a city square idenitifed as in Cap-Francois (now Cap Haitien) in Saint-Domingue (Haiti). "Fontaine D'Estaing" shows a fountain in a city's port. Set on a street, "Costumes des Affranchies et des Esclaves des Colonies," shows differences in dress between free residents and enslaved peoples. In this scene, an enslaved woman offers food on a platter to two "Affranchies." The plaid cloth from which the enslaved women's shawl and head-dress are fashioned contrasts with the finery worn by the other two. Again, the fourth engraving,"Costumes des Affranchies et des Esclaves des Colonies" highlights differences in dress, this time in a landscape setting., Title supplied by cataloger., Illustration in Nicolas Ponce's Receuil du vues des lieux principaux de la colonie francaise de Saint-Domingue (A Paris: Chez Moreau de Saint-Mery, en son domicile, rue Caumartin, no. 31. [Chez] Ponce, rue Saint-Hyacinthe, no. 19. [Chez] Phelipeau, rue Saint-Jacques, près celle des Mathurins, no. 45., 1795), plate number 25, n.p., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Creator
Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831, engraver
Date
[1795]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare **Am 1795 Ponce 6368.F no 25, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2690
Full length portrait of a man costumed in a multi-color striped clown suit, with a ruffled collar and cone-shaped hat. He stands outside against the stone wall of a house., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.54]
Mail order catalog containing illustrations of female models attired in women's summer wear, including suits, jumper dresses, shirtwaists, coats, hats, undergarments, corset covers, underskirts, petticoats, nightgowns, and "Misses' and Children's Jackets." Several of the models are grouped in scenes with thematic backgrounds, including parlors, a park, and street scene. Also contains promotional and instructional text detailing the "supremacy" of the Hofmeister garments, how to place an order, payment terms, and additional fees for "Extra Large Garments;" detailed descriptions of the clothing; style numbers; and prices., Accompanied by original illustrated envelope. Ilustration depicts three well-dressed ladies at a summer resort., Cover illustration depicts two ladies in formal summer wear disembarking from a horse-drawn carriage. The women's attire includes embellished hats, a long cape, and an umbrella., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Order blank and post cards inserted in catalog.
Date
[1908]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Hofmeister [105358.O & 105358.O.a]
Illustrated trade card depicting a couple attired in fancy dress for a ceremony., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Shantz [1975.F.833]
Engraving was done after one of John Gabriel Stedman's own drawings. According to Stedman's account, the image depicts a rebel Surinamese negro. As he wrote, "This rebel negro is armed with a firelock and a hatchet; his hair, though woolly, may be observed to be plaited close to his head, by way of distinction from the rangers, or any other straggling negroes, who are not yet accepted amongst them; his beard is grown to a point, like that of all Africans, when they have no opportunity of shaving. The principal dress of this man consists of a cotton sheet, negligently tied across his shoulders, which protects him from the weather, and serves him also to rest on; while he always sleeps under cover in the most obscure places he can find, when detached from his companions. The rest of his dress is a camisa, tied around his loins like a handkerchief; his pouch, which is made of some animal's skin; a few cotton strings for ornament around his ancles [sic] and wrists; and a superstitious obia or amulet tied about his neck, in which he places all his confidence. The skull and ribs are supposed to be the bones of his enemies, scattered upon the sandy savannah." (vol. 2, p. 88-89), Plate in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative, of a five year's expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 (London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796), vol. 2, p. 88., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Creator
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver
Date
Dec. 1, 1794
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1796 Sted 755.Q v 2 p 88, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2699
Engraving was done after one of John Gabriel Stedman's own drawings, which record his impressions of Surinam. It offers a detailed frontal view of female slave from Surinam, who, being a quaderoon, belonged to a "class . . .much respected for their affinity to Europeans." (A quaderoon, as Stedman explained, is "the offspring of a white and a mulatto;" and there were many in Surinam.) The plate is accompanied by a lengthy passage, which reads as follows: "To give the reader a more lively idea of these people, I shall describe the figure and dress of a Quaderoon girl, as they usually appear in this colony. They are mostly tall, straight, and gracefully formed; rather more slender than the Mulattoes, and never go naked above the waist, like the former. Their dress commonly consists of a sattin petticoat, covered with flowered gauze; a close short jacket, made of best India chintz or silk, laced before and shewing about an hand-breadth of a fine muslin shirt between the jacket and the petticoat. As for stockings and shoes, the slaves in this country never wear them. Their heads are adorned with a fine bunch of black hair in short natural ringlets; they wear a black or white beaver hat, with a feather, or a gold loop and button: their neck, arms, and ancles are ornamented with chains, bracelets, gold medals, and beads. All these fine women have European husbands, to the no small mortification of the fair Creolians; yet should it be known that an European female had an intercourse with a slave of any denomination, she is for ever detested, and the slave loses his life without mercy." (vol. 1, p. 297), Plate XXXII in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative, of a five year's expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 (London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796) vol. I, facing p. 296., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Creator
Perry, engraver
Date
[between 1791 and 1796]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1796 Sted 755.Q v 1 p 296, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2696
Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 27 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows an outdoor setting near a hitching post with eight men, four boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear long coats, top hats, and bow ties. Two men wear hunting outfits accessorized with hunting caps and rifles and one man wears a riding outfit. The boys, three playing with hoops, wear jackets and pants, caps, and hats. One wears long hair. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit as well as a brimmed hat. Lower panel shows the parlor scene with eight men, four boys, a woman, and a girl. Most of the men, except one in a bed coat and cap, wear suits, with vests and bow ties. A number of them hold top hats. The boys wear suits, jackets and pants, as well as bow ties. The girl wears a Highlands-style dress and jacket and presents a flower to the woman, seated and attired in an evening dress with lace overlay on the bodice, a low neckline, and short sleeves. She also wears a ribbon through her hair. One of the boys and two of the gentlemen hover near her. Furnishings include framed pictures, carpeting, a large bookcase, and a stand draped with a cloth on which the man in bed attire leans. A few of the boy's and men's pants contain plaid patterns and most are tapered. All of the men wear facial hair, including mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Key numbered 1-13 and 14-27 printed below the panels., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 211, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849
Date
c1849
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849
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., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 210, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849
Date
[c1849]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849
Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men in suits, two with top hats and one in a wide-brimmed hat converse near a framed painting. In the center, in front of a draped window, two young boys, one attired in a sack-style jacket, converse and stand near three men attired in suits, one with his back turned. Two of the men wear top hats. To the left, a heavy-set man in a top hat and suit converses with two other gentlemen, one leaning on a stand with a potted plant, in top hats and suits. Lower panel shows an outdoor setting at a lakeside with seven men, two boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear suits, including jackets with tails, top hats, and bow ties. One man wears a wide-brimmed hat. Another man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat, bag and rifle. The boys, wear suits, one also has a cap, and hold apples. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit of a fitted jacket, full skirt, and wide-brimmed hat. Many of the men's pants contain patterns, with a number adorned with horizontal stripe designs below the knee and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include carpeting. Figures numbered 1-11, upper panel and 12-24, lower panel., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 215, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853, LOC copy uncolored.
Date
c1853
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853
Fashion advertisement containing a bi-level scene of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children socializing near a stone embankment with stairs by the sea. At the lower level of the embankment nine men, three boys, and a woman stand, converse, and approach the stairs. Most of the men wear bow ties, winter coats, top hats, tapered pants, and hold canes. The boys wear caps, long pants, and jackets. The woman wears a feathered, rimmed hat, shirtwaist, and skirt. At the upper level, a couple, six men, and three boys stand as pairs, converse, and acknowledge each other. The woman, in bloomers, and a boy wear attire with an East Asian influence, including turbans. Most of the men wear winter coats (two with tails), tapered pants, and hold canes. One man wears a cape and all hold or wear a top hat. The boys wear long pants and jackets, including one with a cap. Sailing vessels are visible in the background. Figures numbered 1-13, lower level and 14-24, upper level. Also contains border with filigree cornices., Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature center left., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 212, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1851 & 2 (D size) [P&P]
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
c1851
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1851 & 2 (D size) [P&P]
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., 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]
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
c1851
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1851 (D size) [P&P]
Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Lower panel shows the parlor scene. Two men in suits, top hats in hand, and one with a cane converse near a mantle lined with books across from two other men, similarly attired, with one showing his back. In the center, two young boys, one attired in a suit and the other in formal knickers, converse and stand near two men attired in suits, one of an evening style. Both men hold top hats, and one showing his back holds a cane. To the left, a man in a bed coat, sits on a chair and reads to two young men attired in suits, as another man in a heavy jacket and cravat stands over his shoulder. Upper panel evokes an outdoor setting with eight men, three boys, and a woman. Most of the men, including a portly gentleman, wear long coats, top hats, cravats, and bow ties. One man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a bag and rifle. The boys, all shown from the back, wear suits and the woman similarly posed, wears a riding outfit. Many of the men's pants contain striped or plaid patterns and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include drapery, framed pictures, carpeting, and a mantel. Figures numbered 1-11, lower panel and 12-24, upper panel., Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature center left., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 214, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
c1852
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]
Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in large plumed hats and gloves holding walking sticks and spectacles and standing outdoors on a dirt path near a body of water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heaton [P.9651.8]
Bust-length portrait of a young African American girl facing slightly right. She wears her curly hair in bangs at her forehead, with half of her long hair tied up and the rest draped behind her back. She is attired in small hoop earrings and a dress with a crocheted lace collar with a pin at the neck., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from the photographer and attire of the sitter., Gift of David Long, 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Parlor Gallery, operated by Lewis Horning, was in business at 525 South 9th Street from around 1886 until around 1894.
Creator
Parlor Gallery (Firm), photographer
Date
[ca. 1891]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Parlor [P.9981.11]
Poster showing an interior view of a luxury pullman car to advertise the Pennsylvania Railroad. Shows several white men and woman passengers relaxing in the car. In the left, a Black man server, serves drinks to two women and a man seated at a booth. Across from them, in the right, an older man sits in an arm chair, and smokes a cigar, and holds a paper in his lap. An older woman sits on the arm of his chair. Behind them, two women converse, one standing. In the far background, two men stand at a bar. Image also shows a train window. The server wears a white smock shirt and black pants. The men passengers wear suits. The women passengers wear a dress or suit jacket and skirt and/or hats., Title from item., Date inferred from content., RVCDC
Date
[ca. 1945]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department miscellaneous posters [P.2284.103]
Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Lower panel captioned "Baltimore" includes nine men, two boys, and a woman socializing by the riverside. Upper panel captioned "Philadelphia" includes eight men and four boys. The men wear winter coats, capes, jackets, vests, bow ties, and tapered pants. Many of the pants are adorned with rows of buttons, embroidery or stripes. The woman, her hair in pin curls, wears a shirtwaist, skirt, and feathered cap, and the boys wear jackets, coats, long pants, and caps, including one lad with a fez. All of the men's attire is accessorized with tops hats and/or canes and they wear facial hair, beards, mustaches, or mutton chops. Cityscape is visible in the background of both panels. Figures numbered 1-12, lower panel and 12-24, upper panel. Also contains border with geometrical design with the bottom edge appearing as a rolled-up scroll., Not in Wainwright., Artist's initials lower and center left., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1854 & 5 (D size) [P&P]
Creator
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Date
c1854
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1854 & 5 (D size) [P&P]
Social caricature showing a white man-woman couple in costume at a Philadelphia ball. The man, in the left, his head slightly turned to the right, wears a costume reminiscent of the 16th century. He is attired in red and blue striped ballooned knickers, a green brocade jacket with a red sash and cape, white ruffle collar, and a blue cap adorned with white ostrich feathers in the front. The woman, in the right and looking toward her left, is dressed in a pastorial attire. She wears a flat yellow head piece with red and blue bows on top, a white shirt with a low décolleté neckline and puff sleeves beneath a black corset, and a blue skirt with yellow trim underneath a white apron adorned with bows and a floral border. Scene also includes men and women attendees standing behind the couple., Title from print., Date from print., Inscribed: Plate 10., The symbol of a key is used in place of the name Clay., William Simpson was a Philadelphia "fancy store" proprietor who published the first 11 prints of the "Life in Philadelphia" series. He also marketed the series as part of his "Artists' Repository" and possibly helped finance the cost of production., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, etcher
Date
1829
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Life in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Set) [P.9693]
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in a fancy dress, heavy winter cape, and hat carrying a masquerade mask., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Miller [P.9111.6]
Pictorial envelope containing an image of a bearded man attired in a heavy, sheep lined coat, cap, and gloves. The man also holds a lit pipe. Bell Bros. Company was incorporated in 1888., Title from advertising text., Addressed in manuscript to: Flancy & Co., Argusville, N.D., Contains on recto: ink-stamp postmark: Dubuque, Iowa Jul 1, 1902 7 PM and cancelled two-cent oval stamp printed in red ink and depicting the profile of George Washington., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark Argusville, N. Dak, Jul 2, 1902., Date inferred from postmarks., Printed upper left corner: After 10 days, return to Bell Bros. company, Cor. Fourth & Locust Street, DUBUQUE, IOWA., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1902]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.71]
Illustrated trade card depicting a boy attired in oversized clothing, including a top hat and coat. He holds a large umbrella in his right hand., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Warburton [1975.F.951]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a boy in a sailor outfit seated on a rope ladder and a blue banner inscribed "Universal Fashion Co." superimposed onto reeds., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.886] contains a calendar for 1882 printed on verso., One print [P.9111.7] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting W.M. Kilbourne & Son's books, stationery, toys, albums, etc., the Liberty, New York distributor of the Universal Fashion Co.'s "perfect-fitting patterns"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1882]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Universal [1975.F.886 & P.9111.7]
Label for the rolling metal and drawing wire manufactory showing an American eagle framed by an ornamented border. Border includes pictorial details depicting flowers and vinery. Wallace & Sons, a brass manufactory established in 1848 in Ansonia, Ct., operated until 1895., Printed on flaps: Perfect heads & points. Spring temper., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.110]
Illustrated trade card depicting a full-length portrait of a young girl wearing boots too large for her body. I. Oakford & Son was the partnership between Isaac Oakford and his son Charles E. Oakford., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jennifer Ambrose., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Oakford [P.9649]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a Japanese man attired in traditional clothing seated on a rock and fishing. Also shows a Chinese dragon boat at sea and two storks on a patch of land in the foreground., One print includes date of "important peremptory sale...on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 19th & 20th, 1881"., Advertising text promoting the sale of Chinese and Japanese lacquer goods by auctioneers Gunnis, Barritt & Co. at 524 Market Street printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1881]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gunnis [1975.F.202 & 1975.F.364]
Illustrated trade card depicting a boy or man attired in Scottish garb, including a doublet, sporran and kilt. He holds a bat, possibly for cricket, and a ball lies in the grass at his feet., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sichel & Meyer [1975.F.869]
Plate showing a Quaker man outside and a Quaker woman and man within a fence in front of the subscription library, Library Company of Philadelphia, at 5th and Library streets. The men wear broad rimmed hats, long coats, and pantaloons. The woman wears a plain dress, shawl, and bonnet. She holds a basket. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, occupied the hall built in 1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton until 1880. The building was razed in 1887., Published in Édouard de Montulé's Voyage en Amérique, en Italie, en Sicile et en Egypte, pendant les années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819 (Paris, Delaunay [etc.], 1821)., Printed in the upper right corner: Pl. 6., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 166
Date
[1821]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Libraries - Library Company [P.8476]
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in Turkish clothing, including a loose blouse, pantaloons, vest and jewelry. The Turkish flag and seal are visible above her head. Presumably part of a series depicting other countries., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chambers [1975.F.206]
Illustrated trade card depicting a man in medieval clothing, including a cloak, fur cap with a feather, tights, and sword, holds and inspects a skull in his right hand., Title, advertising text, and a list of street numbers divided into "North" and "South" columns are printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Casperson [P.2006.20.19]
Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in two outdoor settings. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches, filigree and scissors. Cherubic figures sewing and ironing flank the title at the bottom of the print. Upper panel shows 5 men, 1 woman, 4 boys and 2 girls socializing on a dirt pathway overlooking the city. At the center of the panel, the oldest boy sits on a bench telling the younger children a story. Three men converse on the left side, one with his back to the viewer, and on the right side, two men and a woman stand looking in the direction of the others. All of the men wear or hold hats and are attired in suits, including two in striped pants. The woman wears a full brown dress decorated with floral designs and alternating bands of different fabric. The boys are attired in jackets and ties, and two wear hats. The girls wear dresses, tights, boots and hats. Lower panel shows 7 men, a woman and a boy adorned in winter capes and jackets. The men and the boy wear striped or checkered pants, overcoats or capes, and sport top hats or caps. The woman wears a shirt waist and skirt with the ruching of her undershirt tied at her neck and a plumed hat secured by a strap under her chin. Behind her a man tries to reign in a horse. The boy holds a book opened to a sketch or an illustration. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. A steamboat is visible on the body of water in the background, not far from a factory building on the mountainous shoreline., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 73, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3072]
Date
[1852]
Location
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3072]
Series of titled wedding photographs include "Kissing the bride," "The wedding march," and "The blessing". Images depict a bride and groom with a bridal party in a room full of plants and shows the groom leaning in to kiss the bride; the entire group posing for the photographer; and everyone kneeling and praying in a circle., Copyrighted 1897 on negative by William H. Rau., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
c1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9765.1-3]
Cartoon concerning the enforcement of the Confiscation Act of 1861 depicting the absurd seizure of a Florida woman's wardrobe to "pay the expenses of the troops." A military officer, possibly Union General Winfield Scott, and his troops, bayonets and swords raised, collect the belligerent, Confederate belle's hoop skirt as they trample an American flag. The lady demands the return of her clothes or threatens to go to Union-occupied Fort Pickens (visible behind her) and "man one of the big guns, and blow [the men] to pieces.", Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1861-41W [P.9091]
Engraving was done after one of John Gabriel Stedman's own drawings, which record his impressions of Surinam. It offers a detailed frontal view of a Surniman planter, who stands in the extreme foregroud of the image; the planter's turned head also provides a profile view of his face. Behind him and to the right, a female slave, wearing only a skirt and a headress, pours him a glass of wine. Stedman described the scene as follows: "His worship now saunters out in his morning dress, which consists of a pair of the finest Holland trowsers, white silk stockings, and red or yellow Morocco slippers; the neck of his shirt open, and nothing over it, a loose flowing night-gown of the finest India chintz excepted. On his head is a cotton night-cap, as thin as a cobweb, and over that an enormous beaver hat, that protects his meagre visage from the sun, which is already the color of mahogany, while his whole carcase seldom weighs above eight or ten stone, being generally exhausted by the climate and dissipation. To give a more complete idea of this fine gentleman, I in the annexed plate present him to the reader with a pipe in his mouth, which almost everywhere accompanies him, and receiving a glass of Madeira wine and water, from a female quaderoon slave, to refresh him during his walk." (vol. 2, p. 56), Plate XLIX in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative, of a five year's expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 (London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796), vol. II, facing p. 56., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver
Date
Dec. 2, 1793
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1796 Sted 755.Q v 2 p 56, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2698
Portrait of a mulatto woman walking with a parasol on the coast. Hutton's general description of "superior black women and mulattoes" on the Gold Coast also applies to this subject. As he wrote, "They wear a cloth either of silk or cotton, which they fasten round their waist with a handkerchief, from which is suspended a large bunch of silver keys, about thirty-two in number. Under their cloth they wear a girdle that goest several times round their loins, and forms into a large pad behind, just at the small of their backs, which is called a cankey, and on which they carry their children. This cankey, which has a very unseemly appearance, possesses the advantage of keeping the cloth loose, and thus prevents their shape from being exposed. The young girls in general are proud of showing their bosoms, but the mulatto women conceal theirs by wearing a linen shirt." (p. 93-94), Plate in William Hutton's A Voyage to Africa: Including a Narrative of an Embassy to One of the Interior Kingdoms, in the year 1820 . . . (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1821), p. 92., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Clark, J., 1789-1830, engraver
Date
1821
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Hutton 5536.O p 92, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2915
Portrait image of Klaas, a young Hottentot (i.e., Khoikhoi), who accompanied Le Vaillant during parts of his voyage. According to the text, the engraving was done after a sketch by Vaillant. Klass is dressed in the typical Khoikhoi fashion: he wears a fur loin-cloth, a cape made from sheep or badger's skin (with the woolly side inward), and a lamb-skin cap. It appears that he also wears animal innards around his neck and legs, as was customary among the Khoikhoin. A good description of their dress can be found in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid (London: 1670), p. 590-591., Plate in François Le Vaillant's Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance: dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (A Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie, no. 15, M.DCC.LXXXX [1790]), vol. 1, p. 212., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1790]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Leva 1790 9861.O v 1 p 212, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2923
Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman wearing her hair parted in the middle and tied behind her head with long curly bangs and attired in a shirtwaist with buttons down the bodice and a long skirt. She sits facing slightly left with her left arm resting on the chair's armrest, which is decorated with a patterned fabric and fringe. Her right hand rests on her lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer Isaac G. Tyson., Slightly discolored and faded., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Tyson [P.9853.1]
Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American boy standing and facing the viewer. The boy, attired in a sailor suit with a flap collar with white stripes and an anchor emblem at his chest, knee-length shorts, stockings, and shoes, rests his left hand on an ornate wicker chair in the right. In the left is a side table, covered in a floral tablecloth with tassels, with a vase of flowers on top of it., Title supplied by cataloger., Mount embossed with decorative border., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Munshower, Forest E., photographer
Date
[ca. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Munshower [P.9930.5]
Half-length portrait depicting an older man, balding, and with long white hair tucked behind his ears. His right eye is shut and his left eye is clouded over. He is seated and holds a walking stick in his right hand. He wears a medium-colored overcoat, button-down vest, white shirt, and black cravat., Pad: None., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Octagonal shape within concentric circular patterns surrounded by scrolls., Purchased partially with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unid. photo - unid. sitter - daguerreotypes [P.2019.7.1]
Ambrotype stereograph in stereoscope case depicting a three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified white man, standing. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, and a beard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a white waistcoat, a dark-colored bowtie, a dark-colored jacket with tails, and light-colored pants. His cheeks are tinted pink. He stands with his right hand touching the top rail of a wooden chair in the left. His left arm is bent and his hand holds the edge of his open jacket at his waist. In the right, a straw hat with a patterned scarf hanging out of it, lies on a side table. The pictorial detail of the scarf is hand tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Pink tinting on cheeks and scarf., Labeled on the stereoscope: “Macher’s Improved Stereoscope. Philada. Patent, March 8th 1853.” “Stereoscopic Ambrotype. Pictures, Surpassing any thing for Depth, Clearness, and Relief, which the Art has yet produced. Also Ambrotype & Mezzograph pictures taken at the Gallery of Photography by Isaac Rehn. No. 126 Arch Street, above Sixth, South side, Philadelphia., Mat: Oval. Engraved on metal plate, ”Ambrotype by Rehn 260 Chestnut St.” “Patented July 4 & 11, 1854.”, Case: Leather., Isaac Rehn is listed as a photographer in the Philadelphia directories from 1850 to-1861. Rehn has been credited with the first ambrotype in the United States.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
[ca. 1854]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Rehn [P.2018.52]
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, short-sleeved, silk dress with buttons down the bodice and a white lace collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her right forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. The sitter’s left hand is slightly clenched and rests on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and dates of operation of the photographer., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Attributed to McClees & Germon., Pad: Red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., James E. McLees (1821-1887) and Washington Lafayette Germon (1822-1877) operated as partners from 1846 to 1855 in Philadelphia.
Creator
McClees & Germon, photographer
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – McClees & Germon [P.2011.56.3]
Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white girl seated on a chair. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with a curl on her forehead. She is attired in an off-the shoulder, boat neckline, short-sleeved dress with decorative swirls around the collar and cuffs, a necklace, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes. She sits on a child-sized, wooden chair with her left arm on the armrest and curled right hand, slightly clenched, resting on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a diamond-shaped, decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Oval, Diamond and Circle and is plate 198 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon., Gift of Robert DeMento, 2012.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.50]
Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white boy seated on a chair. Sitter has short hair parted and combed to the left. He is attired in a three-quarter length, checked shirt with gold buttons down the center, pants, white socks, and lace-up boots. He sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in both hands on his lap. Gilt is applied to the pictorial detail of the book. His cheeks are tinted pink. In the right background is a side table covered with a dark-colored tablecloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s buttons and book., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center surrounded by a border of decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in an oval surrounded by leaves. Same design on verso.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.68]
