Alteration Painting

Women selling sewn and other items at the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair to support Union soldiers, Harper’s Magazine, 1864

Women sewing for a charity bazaar, 1880s. 

“The Haunted Lady, or The Ghost in the Looking-Glass,” 1862

Woodcut of women cutting, fitting, and sewing dresses, possibly a dressmaker’s shop, 1840s.

Tailor’s shop, 1874

Artist now unknown (British), Pencil Sketch of a Woman Sewing, about 1836-1840

Poorly cut dress

Enoch Wood Perry (American), A Month’s Darning, 1876

“Guimpe Dress made from a wrapper of Aunt Babe’s – Jan 1899” and “Silk Petticoat made from Mama’s–Emada–Feb 1899”