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Ball Dress

Fashion Plate
October 1827 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white ball dress trimmed with pale yellow ribbons and bows, with a frill around the neckline, and short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves, white and gold shoes, and has an elaborate hairstyle with blue flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBall Dress (published title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, coloured by hand
Brief description
'Ball Dress', fashion plate, engraving, coloured by hand, published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London, October 1827
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a white ball dress trimmed with pale yellow ribbons and bows, with a frill around the neckline, and short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves, white and gold shoes, and has an elaborate hairstyle with blue flowers.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 23.4cm
  • Sheet width: 13.2cm
No dimensions given in accession record.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Mary M. Taylor
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962
Collection
Accession number
E.508-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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