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Morning & Evening Costume for July 1816

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

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing, leaning against a harp, and is wearing a short-sleeved white evening dress trimmed with pink flowers and a lace flounce around the hem. She also has a white shawl with pink and blue decoration, long white gloves, white shoes, gold jewellery and a headpiece, and pink flowers in her hair. The woman on the right is sitting on a stool reading and using a small foot rest. She is wearing a long white morning dress with a lace flounce around the hem under a blue Spencer jacket. She is also wearing beige gloves, blue hoes and a straw bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and yellow feathers.

Object details

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Object type
TitleMorning & Evening Costume for July 1816
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Morning & Evening Costume for July 1816', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, published by Dean & Munday, London, July 1816
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is standing, leaning against a harp, and is wearing a short-sleeved white evening dress trimmed with pink flowers and a lace flounce around the hem. She also has a white shawl with pink and blue decoration, long white gloves, white shoes, gold jewellery and a headpiece, and pink flowers in her hair. The woman on the right is sitting on a stool reading and using a small foot rest. She is wearing a long white morning dress with a lace flounce around the hem under a blue Spencer jacket. She is also wearing beige gloves, blue hoes and a straw bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and yellow feathers.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16.3cm
  • Sheet width: 10.7cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2597-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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