Incroyable et Merveilleuse
Fashion Plate
1814 (published)
1814 (published)
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Incroyable et Merveilleuse was a set of 33 engravings, published in 1814 , depicting extremely fashionable French men and women. They were engraved by George-Jacques Gatine after drawings by Horace Vernet and Louis-Marie Lanté. Whilst most fashion plates were on a small scale, designed to fit in women's magazines such as the Journal des Dames (which Gatine contributed to), the Incroyable et Merveilleuse plates were on a grander scale, designed for print collectors. Gatine's fashion engravings, particularly the Incroyable et Merveilleuse series, are now considered some of the finest records of French fashion of this period.
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| Title | Incroyable et Merveilleuse (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Merveilleuse No. 2. Fashion plate from "Incroyable et Merveilleuse", engraved by George Jacques Gatine after Horace Vernet, Paris, 1814. |
| Physical description | Lady wearing a white dress with lace trimmings, ruff and ruffled short sleeves, long green gloves, an ecru cap, a tartan shawl (red, green and yellow) and tartan boots (blue, white and red) with yellow frills, and is holding a white parasol and a pink- edged handkerchief. |
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| Summary | Incroyable et Merveilleuse was a set of 33 engravings, published in 1814 , depicting extremely fashionable French men and women. They were engraved by George-Jacques Gatine after drawings by Horace Vernet and Louis-Marie Lanté. Whilst most fashion plates were on a small scale, designed to fit in women's magazines such as the Journal des Dames (which Gatine contributed to), the Incroyable et Merveilleuse plates were on a grander scale, designed for print collectors. Gatine's fashion engravings, particularly the Incroyable et Merveilleuse series, are now considered some of the finest records of French fashion of this period. |
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| Accession number | E.120-1947 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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