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Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses

Fashion Plate
January 1813 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing to women. The woman on the left is seated on a chair, resting her foot on a footstool, and reading a copy of the Lady's Magazine. She is wearing a beige evening dress with a white bodice trimmed with ribbons, with a white shawl or scarf around her shoulders, yellow gloves, white shoes, and a white cap trimmed with pink flowers. The woman on the right is standing and is wearing a burgundy pelisse trimmed with ermine fur, with yellow gloves, burgundy shoes, and a burgundy hat. She is carrying a burgundy and gold reticule in one hand, and is resting the other on the corner of a table.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFashionable Morning & Evening Dresses
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching, coloured by hand
Brief description
'Fashionable Morning & Evening Dresses', fashion plate, engraving and etching, coloured by hand, published in the Lady's Magazine, January 1813
Physical description
Fashion plate showing to women. The woman on the left is seated on a chair, resting her foot on a footstool, and reading a copy of the Lady's Magazine. She is wearing a beige evening dress with a white bodice trimmed with ribbons, with a white shawl or scarf around her shoulders, yellow gloves, white shoes, and a white cap trimmed with pink flowers. The woman on the right is standing and is wearing a burgundy pelisse trimmed with ermine fur, with yellow gloves, burgundy shoes, and a burgundy hat. She is carrying a burgundy and gold reticule in one hand, and is resting the other on the corner of a table.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 19.5cm
  • Sheet width: 11.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Lettered with publishers' names, date and title)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.250-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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