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Evening Dress

Fashion Plate
1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lady's Magazine
Miss Pierpoint (designer)
William Hopwood (engraver)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Fashion plate showing a seated woman reading a pamphlet and wearing a white evening dress and turban-style headdress

Object details

Categories
Fashion Plates
Clothing
Fashion
Prints
Object type
Fashion plate
TitleEvening Dress
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
'Evening Dress', fashion plate, designed by Miss Pierpoint, engraved by William Hopwood, and published in the Lady's Magazine, 1825
Physical description
Fashion plate showing a seated woman reading a pamphlet and wearing a white evening dress and turban-style headdress
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.3cm (Note: converted from register)
  • Width: 12.7cm (Note: converted from register)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Evening Dress.
  • Invented by Miss Pierpoint & engraved for the Lady's Magazine, No. 1. 1825.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Willoughby Hodgson
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2914-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O747458/evening-dress-fashion-plate-miss-pierpoint/
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