Walking or carriage costume, 1839 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Walking or carriage costume, 1839 NPG D47755
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum
Described in the magazine:
Hats of velours d'Afrique (ribbed silk) trimmed with crape. The fronts are évasée, coming low at the sides of the face, where one side is left square, the other rounded (see plate); the crown, which is neither high nor large, is made to sit back, and as well as the front, has a second border (or small piping) placed about an inch apart from that at the edge (see plate); a twisted piece of crape crosses the head of the bonnet... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










