Evening Dress. Ball Dress.
Fashion Plate
March 1828 (published)
March 1828 (published)
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This fashion plate is from the periodical La Belle Assemblée or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies, published between 1806 and 1868. This plate is from March, 1828. The fashion plates showed the latest dress styles, with written descriptions, detailing the hairstyle, accessories and materials used, giving very specific information about the trends of each month.
This plate shows an evening dress and a ball dress. Both outfits include gloves, elaborate hairstyles and narrow shoes. The waists are tiny and the skirts full. La Belle Assemblée was an early example of a women's magazine, with articles about celebrities and royalty, etiquette advice, beauty and cosmetic instructions and advertisements selling make-up and corsets. It also carried information about births, marriages and deaths.
This plate shows an evening dress and a ball dress. Both outfits include gloves, elaborate hairstyles and narrow shoes. The waists are tiny and the skirts full. La Belle Assemblée was an early example of a women's magazine, with articles about celebrities and royalty, etiquette advice, beauty and cosmetic instructions and advertisements selling make-up and corsets. It also carried information about births, marriages and deaths.
Object details
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| Title | Evening Dress. Ball Dress. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and engraving on paper |
| Brief description | 'Evening Dress. Ball Dress.' Fashion plate, hand-coloured etching and engraving, published in 'La Belle Assemblée' by G. B. Whittaker, British, March 1828. |
| Physical description | A print combining etching, engraving and hand-colouring, showing two women in evening dress, one in a blue and white striped dress and one in a white dress, a white background. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr James Laver CBE |
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| Summary | This fashion plate is from the periodical La Belle Assemblée or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies, published between 1806 and 1868. This plate is from March, 1828. The fashion plates showed the latest dress styles, with written descriptions, detailing the hairstyle, accessories and materials used, giving very specific information about the trends of each month. This plate shows an evening dress and a ball dress. Both outfits include gloves, elaborate hairstyles and narrow shoes. The waists are tiny and the skirts full. La Belle Assemblée was an early example of a women's magazine, with articles about celebrities and royalty, etiquette advice, beauty and cosmetic instructions and advertisements selling make-up and corsets. It also carried information about births, marriages and deaths. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1032-1959 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2004 |
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