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Morning & Evening Dresses

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

Fashion plate showing two women at a piano. The woman on the left is standing and holding a folder of sheet music. She is wearing a pale green morning dress with a white collar, with white shoes, a white shawl, a white cap trimmed with flowers, and a cross on a chain around her neck. The woman on the right is seated at the piano on a green cushioned stool playing from a sheet of music. She is wearing a pale pink evening dress trimmed with white ruffles at the hem, neckline, and cuff of the short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMorning & Evening Dresses
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Morning & Evening Dresses', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, drawn by G. M. Brighty and published in the Lady's Magazine, November 1813
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women at a piano. The woman on the left is standing and holding a folder of sheet music. She is wearing a pale green morning dress with a white collar, with white shoes, a white shawl, a white cap trimmed with flowers, and a cross on a chain around her neck. The woman on the right is seated at the piano on a green cushioned stool playing from a sheet of music. She is wearing a pale pink evening dress trimmed with white ruffles at the hem, neckline, and cuff of the short puffed sleeves. She is also wearing long white gloves.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16.3cm
  • Sheet width: 10.5cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2997-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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