50 Years of Victorian Fashion Illustration - 1840 - 1890      The era of hand colored fashion plates

                                                       


Click on a sample picture to see all the small previews from that source. Then click on any picture to see a larger version.

Sample Picture
Year
Source



1844
Columbian

January to December

1844
                             


1851 Grahams

June to December

1851


1860
Petersons

January to December

1860


1860
Arthur's
Home Magazine

January to December

1860



1863
Petersons

January to December

1863



1864
Godey's

January to December

1864


1871Petersons

January to December

1871

1877
Petersons

January to December

1877



























50 years of Fashion Illustrations from popular magazines featuring ladies dresses, antiques, cuffs, skirts, hoops, frames, pleats, weaves, patterns, prints, styles, buttons, outfits, cuts, designs, winkle hawks, blouses, hats, millenary, wool, cotton blouses, etc., etc., etc. from both sides of the Civil War period, as featured in Godeys, Petersons, Arthurs, Grahams, Columbian, Ladies Friend, and more.