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Dressing for the ball

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Image ID

826188


Item data

Title

Dressing for the ball

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Costume -- Hoops

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1857

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-Hoo

Subjects

Clothing & dress
Women -- Clothing & dress -- 1800-1899
Dresses -- 1800-1899
Crinolines -- 1800-1899
Foundation garments -- 1800-1899
pumps -- 1800-1899
Women domestics -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Jan. 1857"
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 17 cm. (5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17567051
Barcode: 33333159266416
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): decdad10-c54a-012f-1d82-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1857

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Dressing for the ball" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/decdad10-c54a-012f-1d82-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1857). Dressing for the ball Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/decdad10-c54a-012f-1d82-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Dressing for the ball" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/decdad10-c54a-012f-1d82-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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