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Fashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for September 1818

Fashion Plate
September 1818 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated on a low settee and is wearing a long white evening dress with a blue short-sleeved bodice trimmed with white lace. The skirt is trimmed with three white lace flounces. She is also wearing long white gloves,a pearl necklace, and a blue and white headdress decorated with large feathers. The woman on the right is standing, and is wearing a white walking dress trimmed with four flounces at the hem, under a blue Spencer jacket, with beige gloves, and a straw bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon.

Object details

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Object type
TitleFashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for September 1818
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched lines
Brief description
'Fashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for September 1818', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, published by Dean & Munday, London, 1818
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated on a low settee and is wearing a long white evening dress with a blue short-sleeved bodice trimmed with white lace. The skirt is trimmed with three white lace flounces. She is also wearing long white gloves,a pearl necklace, and a blue and white headdress decorated with large feathers. The woman on the right is standing, and is wearing a white walking dress trimmed with four flounces at the hem, under a blue Spencer jacket, with beige gloves, and a straw bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16cm
  • Sheet width: 11cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2831-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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