Court ball dress, May 1840 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Court ball dress, May 1840 NPG D47858

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes

Described in the magazine:
Dress of pink satin, over a splendid under dress a l'antique of rich white brocade. The corsage of the dress is tight to the bust; the front is cut in four pieces, and has a very slight point; at top, a small piece is sloped off at each side, rather in the stomacher fashion, and through which appears an under corsage of the same brocade as the front of the skirt. The sleeve of the dress is very short and tight,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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