194![tuesday-johnson:
ca. 1840-50, [deathbed portrait of a woman surrounded by several others]
via the Musée d’Orsay](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxei218Nc21qa51rdo1_250.jpg)
![tuesday-johnson:
ca. 1880-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of Annie Jones, “Bearded Lady”], Charles Eisenmann
via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photography](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d3tnm1Hb1qa51rdo1_250.jpg)
ca. 1880-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of Annie Jones, “Bearded Lady”], Charles Eisenmann
via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photography
(Source: andrewbreitel, via imaginaryenemy-)
Incorporating the high-style elements and silhouette, this dress is a ‘tour de force’ of elaborate dressmaking of the 1880s. It was common for children’s clothing to have hints of the stylish bustle of the 1880s without the full-blown aspect of the silhouette.
(via fuckyeahvictorians)
