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Fashion Plate

ca. 1873 (made)
Place of origin

Fashion plate. Part of a collection of 1320 plates showing examples of predominantly menswear between the years 1832 and 1931. This example depicts two men, one in suit and smoking jacket and the other wearing a long robe or dressing gown, looking at a stopwatch.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving and lithography
Brief description
Fashion plate depicting two men in casual home-wear, a smoking jacket and a dressing gown, as part of a collection of 1320 engravings and lithographs of men's fashion. English, ca.1873.
Physical description
Fashion plate. Part of a collection of 1320 plates showing examples of predominantly menswear between the years 1832 and 1931. This example depicts two men, one in suit and smoking jacket and the other wearing a long robe or dressing gown, looking at a stopwatch.
DimensionsPlates are listed as being simply in 'various sizes'. No specific sizes are given.
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. M. Bridgland
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.830-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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