'Walking Dress. Ball Dress', June 1828 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Walking Dress. Ball Dress', June 1828 NPG D47624

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Read, published by George Byrom Whittaker, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine

Described in the magazine:
Walking Dress. A pelisse of lavender-coloured gros de Naples, with narrow lapels ornamented with points, turning back on each side of the bust; each point finished by a gold button. Where the pelisse closes in front, down the skirt, it is cut in square notches, edged by a rouleau, two or three shades darker than the pelisse: a gold button is placed at the commencement of every separation caused by these notches. A plain broad bias fold surrounds the border, headed... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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