Seven daughters
Seven Daughters is an American children's story by Amanda Minnie Douglas, published in 1874 in Boston and New York by Lee and Shepard for a young readership. Its engravings show genteel domestic and outdoor scenes in period dress: a man and woman conversing beside an archway, a group strolling a wooded path, a bedside visit, and a girl speaking to a seated man by a doorway. A designer could draw on their clear figure groupings, layered costume detail, and the expressive staging of conversation.
