'London Evening Dress', April 1836 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'London Evening Dress', April 1836 NPG D47693
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by Joseph Robins, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
Described in the magazine:
An open robe of white crape over a white satin petticoat. The corsage low, but not so much so as they have been worn; is draped à la Sevigné, and trimmed with a row of blonde illusion, which stands up round it; the plain part of the corsage is made in the stomacher form before. Single bouffant sleeves of very moderate size, and terminated by blond lace ruffles. A red rose is placed among the folds of the bouffant, and another... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










