Male character costumes : a guide to gentlemen's costume suitable for fancy dress balls and private theatricals : 150 illustrations.
Published / Created:
London : Samuel Miller, 10, Southampton Street, Strand, W. C., [not before 1884]
Physical Description:
[2], 96, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPN2067 .M35 1884+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Chromolithography by Unwin Brothers.Date of publication from testimonials within the advertising, none of which is later than 1884.Includes index.Advertisements p. 1-4 headed: Fancy dress balls.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blind-stamped purple cloth. Chromolithographed front paper wrapper and gild-bordered back wrapper bound in. Title in gilt on front cover. Stamp in purple ink on recto of first free end-paper: W.F. Greenwood. Dealer in works of art. 34, Stonegate, York.
Subject Terms:
Costume -- Pictorial works. | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Men's clothing -- Great Britain. | Fashion -- Great Britain. | Balls (Parties) -- England. | Amateur theater -- England -- London. | Commercial catalogs -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Miller, Samuel -- Publisher. | Greenwood, W. F. -- Stamp.