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Fashion Plate

1876-1882 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured lithograph, lettered with title of costume, and 'La Mode Artistique par Gustave Janet. London - S. Miller 37, Tavistock street, Covent Garden. Bureaux de la Mode Artistique No.4, Carrefour de l'Observatoire. Reproduction interdite. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., 57, r. de Seine, Paris.'

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Gustave Janet. One of 99 hand-coloured fashion plates for La Mode Artistique issued between October 1876 and April 1882. Printed by Lemercier & Company, Paris, France.
Physical description
Hand-coloured lithograph, lettered with title of costume, and 'La Mode Artistique par Gustave Janet. London - S. Miller 37, Tavistock street, Covent Garden. Bureaux de la Mode Artistique No.4, Carrefour de l'Observatoire. Reproduction interdite. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., 57, r. de Seine, Paris.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5in
  • Width: 8in
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'La Mode Artistique par Gustave Janet. London - S.Miller 37. Tavistock street, Covent Garden. Bureaux de la Mode Artistique No.4, Carrefour de l'Observatoire. Reproduction interdite. Imp. Lemercier & Cie., 57, r. de Seine, Paris' (Each also lettered with title of costume represented)
  • (Each numbered)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.99-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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