Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 129
s, etc.,yet are not precisely the real thing. The valueof this special set is found in three points : First, thedrawings confirm the testimony of Lely, Van Dyck,and other artists ; they prove how slightly Van Dyckidealized the costume of his sitters. Second, they give 88 Two Centuries of Costume… … Lady Catharina Howard. facing page 96. I give on page 142 the one entitledThe Puritan Woman^ though it is one of the mostdisappointing in the whole collection. It is sucha negative presentation; so little marked detail oreven associated evidence is gained from it. I hada baffled thought after…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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