Carriage costume, October 1839 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Carriage costume, October 1839 NPG D47766
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum
Described in The Court Magazine:
Standing Figure - Transparent drawn capotte of black lace. This capotte is not made with crown and front separate, but is cut all in one piece, with the round put in at top; the lace is supported on wires, three of which go lengthways, besides those which go across. The lace is put on in full and even gathers, and at each drawing a row of lace is put on, with a sufficient degree of fulness to make it sit... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










