Walking and home dress, February 1860 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Walking and home dress, February 1860 NPG D47983
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Rogerson & Tuxford, published in The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, after Héloise Leloir (née Colin)
Described in the magazine:
First Figure - Walking Dress - Robe of emerald green French moire; corsage high, buttoned and ornamented with a trimming, and epaulettes à la Marechale. Sleeves close, finished with a sable cuff. Black velvet mantle, wadded and lined with satin; pelerine of guipure, pointed before and rounded at the back, and finished with four little rows of guipure embroidered with gold. White lace collar. Bonnet of green royal velvet: a tress of plain velvet passes round the crown, and is finished... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










