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Opera Dress

Fashion Plate
January 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pale blue and white opera dress trimmed with pink blossoms and green leaf ornament. She is wearing white gloves and stockings, with blue shoes, a double-strand necklace, and has pink flowers in her hair

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOpera Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
'Opera Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving, by G. M. Brighty for the Lady's Magazine, January 1815
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a pale blue and white opera dress trimmed with pink blossoms and green leaf ornament. She is wearing white gloves and stockings, with blue shoes, a double-strand necklace, and has pink flowers in her hair
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 16.1cm
  • Sheet width: 9.3cm
Collection
Accession number
E.1848-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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