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Collection History

Many 19th century plate books on customs and costume came to NYPL from the founding Lenox and Astor library holdings, as well as the personal library of benefactor Samuel J. Tilden. Many of the titles chosen for digitization show dress in the context of ethnicity or nationality. Related dress materials, such as accessories and body ornamentation, are also included.

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See also the following digital collections for additional regional works: [Africana & Black History; Asia and the Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs; The Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and Photographs; After Columbus: Four-hundred Years of Native American Portraiture; and Icons and Images of Cultures: Plate Books from the Russian Empire, Early Soviet Russia, and Eastern Europe, 1730-1935]

- 9/23/2004

Collection Data

Names: Watson, J. Forbes (John Forbes), 1827-1892 (Editor); Kaye, John William, Sir, 1814-1876 (Editor)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1868 - 1875; Place: London; Publisher: India Museum
Library locations: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection; Shelf locator: MFY+ 01-9004
Topics: India; Indigenous peoples -- India; Manners & customs -- India
Genres: Photographs; Books
Notes: Content: In v. 1-3 the letterpress is by various authors; in v. 4-8, by Meadows Taylor.; Statement of responsibility: ed. by J. Forbes Watson and John William Kaye.; Content: This record may contain content that is harmful or difficult to view. For more information, please refer to NYPL's Statement on Potentially Harmful Content for Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/about#nypl_harmful_content_statement; Content: This record may contain language that is harmful, inaccurate, or outdated. For more information, including information about how to contact us to report potentially harmful language, please refer to NYPL's Statement on Potentially Harmful Content for Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/about#nypl_harmful_content_statement
Physical Description: Albumen prints; Extent: 8 v. mounted photos. 35 cm.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 2675501; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13409080; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed948d00-c5fb-012f-238b-58d385a7bc34