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Fashionable Head Dresses

Fashion Plate
June 1811 (published)
Artist/Maker
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Fashion plate with five portraits of women wearing various styles of headdress

Object details

Categories
Fashion Plates
Prints
Fashion
Clothing
Object type
Fashion plate
TitleFashionable Head Dresses
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured engraving
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Watercolour (Paint)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Fashionable Head Dresses', fashion plate, hand-coloured etching, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, June 1811
Physical description
Fashion plate with five portraits of women wearing various styles of headdress
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 23.2cm
  • Sheet width: 14.3cm
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3002-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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