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2 Women in a Park

Print

Fashion plate depicting two women. The woman on the left is wearing a white dress with intricate, scrollwork designs down the center front of the dress. Around her shoulders, a sheer, embroidered, ruffled mantle. On her head, a white bonnet with a drooping plume. In her hand, a folded green parasol. The woman on the right is wearing a blue and white striped dress with a multi-tiered skirt, long sleeves, and a heavily ruffled pelerine with blue ribbon bows down the center front of the bust. In her hand, a pale pink parasol.

2022.35.0128

Colored Engraving

Paper

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Fashion Plate

Historic Costume

1843 - 1846

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Technique: Hand Colored

Old Number

2000.038

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