Walking dress, November 1840 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Walking dress, November 1840 NPG D47870

© 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

The plate was originally published in Paris in 'Le Follet' on 1 November. Described in the Court Magazine:
Hat of white satin, the front sitting close to the face, and coming very low at the sides, a bouquet of three Ostrich feathers is placed quite at the right side, and a bunch of roses at each side underneath the front of the hat. Dress of Armure (a very soft silk) corsage half high, and sleeves full all the way down, and finished by deep poignets... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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