Fashion plate
- Place of origin:
Royal Leamington Spa (collection and arrangement of volume, made)
Britain (possibly, first published)
France (possibly, first published)
Spain (possibly, first published) - Date:
1798-1837 (first published)
mid 20th century (collected) - Artist/Maker:
Unknown (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Etching, lithography, wood engraving, hand-colouring
- Credit Line:
Given by the Bishopsgate Institute
- Museum number:
E.1183-1968
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case 96, shelf F, box 1
Physical description
One of 3,857 fashion plates, including etchings, lithographs and wood engravings, coloured by hand. Mounted on brown sugar-paper, bound in red canvas boards. Volumes 1, 3 and 7, lettered with title etc.
Place of Origin
Royal Leamington Spa (collection and arrangement of volume, made)
Britain (possibly, first published)
France (possibly, first published)
Spain (possibly, first published)
Date
1798-1837 (first published)
mid 20th century (collected)
Artist/maker
Unknown (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Etching, lithography, wood engraving, hand-colouring
Dimensions
Height: 55.9 cm size of volumes, Width: 39.4 cm size of volumes
Object history note
The plates are taken from The Ladies' Magazine, La Belle Assemblée, Gazette of Fashion, Ackermann's Repository, Beau Monde, The Ladies' Cabinet, The Queen, Myra's Journal, Weldon's Illustrated Dressmaker, and the like, including some title pages.
Descriptive line
One of 817 hand-coloured fashion plates collected and bound in a volume titled 'Pictorial History of Female Costume from the year 1798 to 1837.'
One of a large collection of fashion plates collected and arranged into a series of volumes titled 'Pictorial History of Female Costume from the year 1798 to 1900'. by Simmons and Waters, Book and Print Dealers.
English, French and Spanish, late 18th to early 20th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Materials
Printing ink; Watercolour
Techniques
Etching (printing process); Lithography; Wood-engraving (process); Hand-colouring
Subjects depicted
Fancy dress; Court dress; Day; Children's dress; Head dresses; Women's dress; Wedding dresses; Hats; Fashion design; Men's dress; Evening dress
Categories
Prints; Fashion plates; Women's clothes; Clothing
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
