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Walking Dress

Fashion Plate
February 1812 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman descending a small flight of stairs wearing a white dress under a beige cape trimmed with pink, and carrying a purple reticule

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWalking Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving with etched shading
Brief description
'Walking Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, R Ackermann, London, February 1812
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman descending a small flight of stairs wearing a white dress under a beige cape trimmed with pink, and carrying a purple reticule
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 22.2cm
  • Sheet width: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WALKING DRESS.
  • No. 38 of R ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & c. Pub. 1st. Feb. 1812, at 101 Strand. LONDON.
Collection
Accession number
E.1927-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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