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Artist/Maker	The Ladies' Gazette of Fashiion Unknown (artist)
Place of origin	England (published)

Fashion plate showing women’s fashion for 1859. The image consists of two panels, divided horizontally. The bottom panel is larger than the upper one, and shows seven women, and one female child. The upper panel shows the six women from the waist up, as well as several head pieces. The women are wearing dresses and overcoats.

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Categories	Fashion Plates Fashion Prints Womenswear Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Fashion plate
Materials and techniques	hand-coloured lithograph or etching Paper Printing Ink Pigments Watercolour Etching Lithograph Hand Colouring
Brief description	Fashion plate, published in The Ladies Gazette of Fashion, England, December 1859.
Physical description	Fashion plate showing women’s fashion for 1859. The image consists of two panels, divided horizontally. The bottom panel is larger than the upper one, and shows seven women, and one female child. The upper panel shows the six women from the waist up, as well as several head pieces. The women are wearing dresses and overcoats.
Dimensions	Height: 29.5cm Width: 45.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	THE LADIES GAZETTE OF FASHION. (Top of image, above image in upper margin, centered) The newest Fashions for December 1859 (Below image in lower margin, centered)
Credit line	Given by Colonel G. Morphew.
Object history	R.P. 1934/2118
Subjects depicted	Clothing Overcoats Dresses Girl Women
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2223-1934

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O740126/fashion-plate-unknown/

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