Photograph of an unidentified woman as the Daughter of the Forest

26 March 1883

Photograph from the 1883 Vanderbilt Fancy Dress Ball album, taken by Jose Maria Mora (Cuban, c. 1847-1926), depicting an unidentified guest dressed as the Daughter of the Forest. A contemporary account from the New York Times described the costume as: "Another very picturesque costume was that of a Daughter of the Forest, with ferns and butterflies in her hair and necklace of jeweled lizards. The dress was of green velvet trimmed with natural ferns 12 inches deep, ivy, wild roses, and shells. The gloves and shoes were green, and the bouquets of ferns."

American

photographic print

Mat window opening: 6.5 x 11 inches (16.5 x 27.9 cm)

Bequest of Harold S. Vanderbilt

PSNCA.H.018.12