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Morning Promenade & Opera Dress

Fashion Plate
March 1813 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated, reading a pamphlet or letter, and wearing a long-sleeved white dress under a white cloak or mantle trimmed with pink. She is also wearing yellow gloves, a yellow bonnet, and large gold necklace. The woman on the right is standing and wearing a pale blue dress with a pale purple bodice, an ermine fur wrap, gold jewellery, and a blue, white and purple turban-style headdress decorated with a white feather

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMorning Promenade & Opera Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Morning Promenade & Opera Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, Lady's Magazine, British, March 1813
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two women. The woman on the left is seated, reading a pamphlet or letter, and wearing a long-sleeved white dress under a white cloak or mantle trimmed with pink. She is also wearing yellow gloves, a yellow bonnet, and large gold necklace. The woman on the right is standing and wearing a pale blue dress with a pale purple bodice, an ermine fur wrap, gold jewellery, and a blue, white and purple turban-style headdress decorated with a white feather
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 18.3cm
  • Sheet width: 10.7cm
Collection
Accession number
E.2178-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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