The Bloomer Costume

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg 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

MarkingsOn verso, lower right, stamped in red ink, "W.E. HALLBERG - BOOKSELLER - Hartford, Co[nn.]"InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE BLOOMER COSTUME" [no period after title].

On verso, in pencil: upper right, "On a duplicate copy / (to sell) under the #438 / l.r.: Ensign, Thayer & Co., 127 / Main St. / Buffalo"; center, "574"; lower left, "WILSON ANT. 12 5/8 x 16 1/2 1000 2" 1" cream reg gl[ass?]"; lower right, "Dwr 44" accession number "1851".

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