Nothing to wear : an episode of city life / (from Harper's weekly) ; illustrated by Hoppin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, William Allen, 1825-1902.

Contributor:

Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896.

Rudd & Carleton.

Richardson & Cox.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Upper class women--New York (State)--New York--Humor.

Upper class women.

Clothing and dress.

Manners and customs.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Humor.

New York (N.Y.).

Clothing and dress--Poetry.

American wit and humor.

Wood-engraving, American.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Poetry.

Humor.

Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Soverign, Mary E. (autograph, July 28th 1857) (RBC copy 4)

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy)

Gates, Mrs. Thomas S. (donor) (RBC copy 4)

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (RBC copy 2)

Briggs, D.H. (stamp) (RBC copy 2)

Briggs, Genevieve (RBC copy 2)

Van Kirk, S. Frances (donor) (RBC copy 5)

Physical Description:

68 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rudd & Carleton ..., MDCCCLVII [1857]

Summary:

Satire in verse on the fashions and extravagance of New York female aristocracy; first appeared in Harper's weekly journal.--from the publisher's description.

Notes:

Title page printed in red.

Eight leaves of illustrations engraved on wood by Richardson-Cox, included in pagination.

Local Notes:

Several newspaper articles pasted into Forrest copy.

RBC copy 2 bound with: Howard, Justin H. Nothing to do. New York : Wiley & Halstead, 351 Broadway, 1857. (Item 1 of 2)

RBC copy 5 & Storage copy have publisher's advertisement leaf tipped in.

RBC copy 5 has a newspaper article laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has 1 leaf listing recent publications of Rudd & Carleton affixed to the front free endpaper.

Cited in:

BAL, 2228

Sabin, 6663a

Hamilton, S. American book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 872

Other Format:

Online version: Butler, William Allen, 1825-1902. Nothing to wear.

OCLC:

1701104