Richard E. Bishop
American (Syracuse, NY, 1887 - 1975, Plymouth Meeting, PA) Primary

Crinoline

1921

Plate
5.875 x 5.375 in. (14.923 x 13.653 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
• dresses - Main garments for women, children, or infants consisting of a bodice and skirt made in one or more pieces.
• etchings - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
• hats - Shaped coverings for the head having a brim and crown, or one of the two.
• sitting - The act of placing oneself upon an object or the ground so that the weight of the body is on the posterior. Term may modify a representation of a figure in a seated posture.
• women - Refers to female human beings from young adulthood through old age.

• Plate Dimensions: 5.875 x 5.375 in. (14.923 x 13.653 cm)