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Evening or Full Dress

Fashion Plate
June 1810 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion plate showing two seated women looking at a portrait miniature. The woman in the foreground is wearing a simple long-sleeved pale pink evening dress with a square neckline and cuffs trimmed with white ruffles. She is also wearing a pair of white gloves, a jewelled necklace, and white shoes. The woman sitting behind her is wearing a short-sleeved white evening dress with a ruffled neckline and a pale blue over-bodice. She is also wearing long white gloves, a jewelled necklace, white shoes, and is holding a white folding fan

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEvening or Full Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving and etching
Brief description
'Evening or Full Dress', fashion plate, hand-coloured engraving and etching, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1810
Physical description
Fashion plate showing two seated women looking at a portrait miniature. The woman in the foreground is wearing a simple long-sleeved pale pink evening dress with a square neckline and cuffs trimmed with white ruffles. She is also wearing a pair of white gloves, a jewelled necklace, and white shoes. The woman sitting behind her is wearing a short-sleeved white evening dress with a ruffled neckline and a pale blue over-bodice. She is also wearing long white gloves, a jewelled necklace, white shoes, and is holding a white folding fan
Dimensions
  • Sheet length: 24.3cm
  • Sheet width: 15.5cm (approx)
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.2993-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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