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Opera Dress

Fashion Plate
March 1811 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a long white dress underneath a knee-length yellow coat trimmed with a white lace ruffle, with yellow gloves and shoes

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOpera Dress
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and engraving
Brief description
'Opera Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured etching, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, March 1811
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a woman wearing a long white dress underneath a knee-length yellow coat trimmed with a white lace ruffle, with yellow gloves and shoes
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 24.2cm
  • Sheet width: 14.7cm
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.2998-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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