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Fashionable Ball & Dinner Dresses for March 1823

Fashion Plate
01/03/1823 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print showing ball and dinner dresses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFashionable Ball & Dinner Dresses for March 1823 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Brief description
'Fashionable Ball & Dinner Dresses for March 1823'. Fashion plate showing women's evening wear. Hand-coloured etching, Britain, 1823.
Physical description
Colour print showing ball and dinner dresses.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 20cm
  • Cut to width: 12.3cm
Measured by SH 25/07/2010.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Fashionable Ball & Dinner Dresses for March 1823. Invented by Miss Pierpoint. Edward Street. Portman Square. Pub. March 1 1823 by Dean & Munday Threadneedle Street.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mr James Laver CBE
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1030-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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