What did Lanah wear?

Winterthur

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The pale blue selvage threads visible along this seam marked the cloth as British-made.

The high-waisted silhouette in this 1798 image by George Cruikshank . . BM.

Mapping Lanah Sawyer’s New York

Header image: Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Mémin, View of the City and Harbour of New York taken from Mt. Pitt, New York, N.Y. (detail), 1796, hand-colored etching, 35.88 x 48.26 cm, 1973.6, courtesy of The Chipstone Foundation.