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Marine Costume

Fashion Plate
July 1826 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman sitting on rocks at the beach, with a small sailing boat visible on the sea in the background. She is wearing a long white dress with long full sleeves with scalloped sleeveheads and a wide falling collar. There is a pale blue sash at the waist, and a deep panel of diagonally-placed lace borders above the hem. She is also wearing a large white bonnet trimmed with pale blue ribbons and pink and yellow flowers, beige gloves, black shoes, drop earrings and a choker. She is carrying a small red and yellow reticule, and is holding a pale green parasol over her head.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMarine Costume
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Marine Costume', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, engraved by W. Read and published by G. B. Whittaker in La Belle Assemblee, British, July 1826
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman sitting on rocks at the beach, with a small sailing boat visible on the sea in the background. She is wearing a long white dress with long full sleeves with scalloped sleeveheads and a wide falling collar. There is a pale blue sash at the waist, and a deep panel of diagonally-placed lace borders above the hem. She is also wearing a large white bonnet trimmed with pale blue ribbons and pink and yellow flowers, beige gloves, black shoes, drop earrings and a choker. She is carrying a small red and yellow reticule, and is holding a pale green parasol over her head.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 21cm
  • Sheet width: 13.8cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2585-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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