#1850s fashion
People ice skating in New York’s Central Park c.1858
People ice skating in New York’s Central Park c.1858
A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and the Potomac River taken between 1859 and 1861. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Harpers Ferry. The photos were published by Edward Anthony and the New York Stereoscopic Company.
Portrait of a group of deer hunters posing on a hillside in Glenfeshie, Scotland, c. 1858. Taken by Scottish photographer Horatio Ross.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of a group of deer hunters posing on a hillside in Glenfeshie, Scotland, c. 1858. Taken by Scottish photographer Horatio Ross.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of a young woman identified as Miss Jeanne taken by Belgian photographer Louis Pierre Theophile Dubois de Nehaut, c. 1854-1856.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of a young woman identified as Miss Jeanne taken by Belgian photographer Louis Pierre Theophile Dubois de Nehaut, c. 1854-1856.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two men posing with the grave of Solomon Harthorn somewhere in California, c. 1853.
Source: Sotheby’s.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two men posing with the grave of Solomon Harthorn somewhere in California, c. 1853.
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Portrait of two unidentified women in Egypt taken by German photographer Ernest Benecke, 1852.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of two unidentified women in Egypt taken by German photographer Ernest Benecke, 1852.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1857.
Source: California Digital Library.
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Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1857.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two unidentified women taken by French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, c. 1842-1855.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two unidentified women taken by French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, c. 1842-1855.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Postmortem daguerreotype portrait probably showing two parents posing with their deceased child, European, c. 1855.
Source: Sotheby’s.
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Postmortem daguerreotype portrait probably showing two parents posing with their deceased child, European, c. 1855.
Source: Sotheby’s.
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Left: Reproduction of an 1850s style hoop skirt
Right: Bridal look from Hailey Paige Spring 2016 show featured on Brides.com
• Dress.
Date: 1859
Culture: North American
Medium: Silk
