Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The Fashions'. Ball and walking dress, January 1862 NPG D47995

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode

Described in the magazine:
1. Ball Dress - The headdress is composed of large pink and white chrysanthemums, with a great deal of foliage. The dress is made of white silk, ornamented with pink and white flounces at the bottom, and an upper skirt of white tulle, spotted with gold. The body is cut very low behind, and is made with a short round waist. The berthe is sloped to each shoulder, and is composed of puffings of tulle and blonde, trimmed with flowers continuing... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.