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










