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The Bloomer Costume
The Bloomer Costume

The Bloomer Costume

Printer (American, 1811 - 1881)
Publisher (American, 1811 - 1881)
Date1850-1851
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 15/16 x 8 11/16in. (30.3 x 22.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 9 3/4in. (32.9 x 24.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionFull-length portrait of a woman standing on a dirt road. She wears a short dress with long sleeves and a laced bodice, and pantaloons or bloomers. A broad-brimmed straw hat decorated with roses and a ribbon is tied with a ribbon bow beneath her chin. She holds a closed parasol in her gloved hands. Shoes with patent leather toe caps are on her feet. Bushes are at the left, and a small tree is at the far right. A grassy field is in the background. In the left background, a picket fence lines the road. Behind it, at the far left, is a small house in the Gothic revival style with decorated vergeboards, windows with leaded glass and pointed arches, and a dormer window. In the distance, barely discernible on the horizon, are the steeples and spires of a city.
Object number1972.66.2
On View
Not on view
Miss Bloomer.
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
1850-1851
The First Appearance.
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
1850-1851
Maternal Instruction.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Maternal Instruction.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Gift of Samuel St. John Morgan, 1946.11.7  © 2007 The Connecticut Historical Society.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1855-1856
My Kitten.
Kellogg & Bulkeley
after 1867
Little Bloomers.
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
1850-1851
Married.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Our Pony.
Kellogg & Bulkeley
after 1867
Mother's Joy.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1847