Dress

Unknown

ca. 1813 · cotton · Costume Institute

The interesting provenance of this piece enhances its value as part of a museum collection. The accession record states that it was "worn by the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe" (1811- 1896), author of the great novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Stowe family consisted of eleven children, seven boys and four girls. Harriet was the eleventh child. Three boys were born to the family between 1809 and 1815. The most likely brother referred to in the record is prominent Brooklyn preacher and reformer, Henry Ward Stowe (1813-1887).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1813

Medium

cotton

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Louis Loughlin, 1948