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Summer Theatre Costume

Fashion Plate
October 1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a long-sleeved white dress with a blue and white striped bodice, a ruffled collar, and several ruffles above the hem. She is also wearing white shoes, a white shawl with colourful floral bands at the ends, white gloves, and a white hat decorated with blue ostrich feathers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSummer Theatre Costume
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Summer Theatre Costume', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, design by Mrs Bell, published in La Belle Assemblee, October 1816
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a long-sleeved white dress with a blue and white striped bodice, a ruffled collar, and several ruffles above the hem. She is also wearing white shoes, a white shawl with colourful floral bands at the ends, white gloves, and a white hat decorated with blue ostrich feathers.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 22.2cm
  • Sheet width: 12.3cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2916-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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