Evening Dress, 1819 fashion plate with harpist

A seated woman in a white high-waisted gown with puffed sleeves plays a harp, her hair dressed with a pink-trimmed headpiece. A music stand with sheet music stands at left, and a decorative pedestal and footstool sit below. The hand-colored engraving has soft watercolor tints and a plain cream margin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1819

Medium

Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1735 × 2634 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum