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Carriage Dress

Fashion Plate
November 1811 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman leaning against an elaborately carved table and pedestal reading a letter or pamphlet. She is wearing a white dress with a high collar under a white fur-trimmed pelisse, with beige shoes and drop earrings. She has on one yellow glove, and the other is discarded on the floor. A white bonnet trimmed with white ostrich feathers and yellow ribbons is resting on the table next to her.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCarriage Dress
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and engraving
Brief description
'Carriage Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured etching, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, November 1811
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman leaning against an elaborately carved table and pedestal reading a letter or pamphlet. She is wearing a white dress with a high collar under a white fur-trimmed pelisse, with beige shoes and drop earrings. She has on one yellow glove, and the other is discarded on the floor. A white bonnet trimmed with white ostrich feathers and yellow ribbons is resting on the table next to her.
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 24.5cm
  • Sheet width: 15cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs A. L. Hudswell
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Accession number
E.3008-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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