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Fashion Plate
Published by: Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine (American, 1821–1880)
American
1873
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 22.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris May
Accession Number2009.4510
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate illustrating nineteenth century women's fashion. Two women, depicted only from the shoulders up, wearing elaborate hats. Between and below them are illustrations of a floral hat with a long black ribbon and two pink and white bodices. "Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine"
ProvenanceBy about 2004, purchased by Susan Ward of Lexington, MA at an antique fair in Amherst, NH; purchased from Ward by Doris May of Chestnut Hill, MA; gift of May to the MFA (Accession date: September 16, 2009)