Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richmal Mangnall NPG 4377

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Downman

Caps such as this 'mob' were generally worn indoors and were of fine lawn or cotton tied under the chin. Here, the educationalist Richmal Mangnall pairs it with a high necked ruffed dress in the style fashionable from 1810 to 1815. Its pale simplicity is the perfect foil for the necklace of popular red cornelian which she wears around her neck. Between 1810 and 1820, women tended to wear less jewellery than before, with one bold piece often sufficing. Her hair is worn parted and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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