Godey's Lady's Book
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Godey's Lady's Book, alternatively known as Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was an American women's magazine that was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1896. It was the most widely circulated m
Cover from June 1867 issue
Queen Victoria style of Christmas tree 1848, a picture adapted for Godey's Lady's Book, December 1850
Fashion plate
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A fashion plate is an illustration demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing. Traditionally they are rendered through etching, line engraving, or lithograph and then colored by ha
Godey's Lady's Book
…and a name change to "Godey's Magazine" to reflect a broader content, it ceased publication in 1896. The magazine is best known for the hand-tinted fashion plate that appeared at the start of each issue, which provide a record of the progression of women's dress. Publisher Louis Godey boasted that in 1859 it…
Fashion plate, 1860 V&A Museum no. E.267-1942
1942 fashion plate from Argentina.
1830s fashion plate
Fashion plate, Godey's Lady's Book, January 1837