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Evening Costume

Fashion Plate
1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a grey and white evening dress with short puff sleeves, long grey gloves, and a white feather-trimmed hat. There is an alternative white and yellow headdress suggested to the left. She is holding a white shawl and a grey folding fan.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening Costume
Materials and techniques
hand coloured engraving
Brief description
'Evening Costume', fashion plate, hand coloured engraving, design by Miss Pierpoint, engraved for the Lady's Magazine, British, 1827
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a grey and white evening dress with short puff sleeves, long grey gloves, and a white feather-trimmed hat. There is an alternative white and yellow headdress suggested to the left. She is holding a white shawl and a grey folding fan.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 20.7cm
  • Sheet width: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Evening Costume
  • Invented by Miss Pierpoint & engraved for the Lady's Magazine, No.1 1827
Collection
Accession number
E.1800-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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