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Walking & Evening Dresses for July 1818

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

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated and wearing a long white evening dress with a pink short-sleeved bodice and white floral trimmings, with long white gloves, a white headdress, white shoes, and two pieces of jewellery around her neck. The woman standing to her right is wearing a white walking dress with an elaborately trimmed hem under a pale green Spencer jacket. She is also wearing a white ruff-style collar, a straw bonnet trimmed with pale green and white striped ribbon and white ostrich plumes, beige gloves, and a pale green parasol.

Object details

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Object type
TitleWalking & Evening Dresses for July 1818
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched lines
Brief description
'Walking & Evening Dresses for July 1818', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, published by Dean & Munday, London, July 1818
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated and wearing a long white evening dress with a pink short-sleeved bodice and white floral trimmings, with long white gloves, a white headdress, white shoes, and two pieces of jewellery around her neck. The woman standing to her right is wearing a white walking dress with an elaborately trimmed hem under a pale green Spencer jacket. She is also wearing a white ruff-style collar, a straw bonnet trimmed with pale green and white striped ribbon and white ostrich plumes, beige gloves, and a pale green parasol.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16.3cm
  • Sheet width: 10.7cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2598-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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