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Walking Dress

Fashion Plate
January 1821 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print showing a walking dress.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWalking Dress (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and engraving
Brief description
'Walking Dress'. Fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, design by Mrs Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée, Britain, January 1821
Physical description
Colour print showing a walking dress.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.2cm
  • Width: 15.3cm
Measured by SH 25/07/2010.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Walking Dress. Invented by Mrs. Bell St. James's Street. Published Jan. 1. 1821 for La Belle Assemblée No.143.' (Lettered)
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.1029-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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