'Ball and evening dresses', August 1844 Portrait Print
'Ball and evening dresses', August 1844 NPG D47921
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
The plate was described in the September issue of the magazine:
Ball Dress. Robe of Indian organdy, of the most transparent kind, over white gros de Naples; the corsage made low and round, is trimmed à l'enfant, with a fall of point d'Angleterre; short sleeve, tight at the upper part, but descending in a full biais fall nearly to the elbow. The skirt is trimmed with two excessively deep biais. A ceinture, with long floating ends, and a bouquet of roses in the centre of... more
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