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Fashion Plate

1780s (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print showing women's costume. The print depicts a young woman wearing a green and white dress adorned with roses , gloves and an elaborate hat decorated with feathers and flowers. The woman is shown full-length, turned to the left, facing slightly to front, holding a fan in her left hand and gesturing with the other.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured engraving on paper
Brief description
Fashion plate showing women's costume. Hand-coloured engraving, France, 1780s.
Physical description
Colour print showing women's costume. The print depicts a young woman wearing a green and white dress adorned with roses , gloves and an elaborate hat decorated with feathers and flowers. The woman is shown full-length, turned to the left, facing slightly to front, holding a fan in her left hand and gesturing with the other.
DimensionsNo dimensions given in accession record.
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.996-1959

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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