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Fashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for August 1818

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

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing, wearing a long white walking dress trimmed across the bodice and long sleeves with yellow bands, and on the skirt with several tiers of flounces. She is also wearing a white ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with pink flowers. The woman on the right is seated and is wearing a long white evening dress with a blue short-sleeved bodice and four bands of blue trimming around the skirt. She is also wearing long white gloves, a blue headdress, and is holding a purple and gold reticule in one hand, and a white fan in the other. She has a white shawl draped over one arm

Object details

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Object type
TitleFashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for August 1818
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched lines
Brief description
'Fashionable Walking & Evening Dresses for August 1818', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, published by Dean & Munday, London, August 1818
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing, wearing a long white walking dress trimmed across the bodice and long sleeves with yellow bands, and on the skirt with several tiers of flounces. She is also wearing a white ruff-style collar, and a white bonnet trimmed with pink flowers. The woman on the right is seated and is wearing a long white evening dress with a blue short-sleeved bodice and four bands of blue trimming around the skirt. She is also wearing long white gloves, a blue headdress, and is holding a purple and gold reticule in one hand, and a white fan in the other. She has a white shawl draped over one arm
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16cm
  • Sheet width: 11.2cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2740-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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