Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Ball and dinner dresses, February 1840 NPG D47855

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes

Described in the magazine:
Ball and Dinner Dresses - Dress of white crape over white satin. The corsage fits tight to the bust, and has a slight point; the front is entirely covered with folds of crape, meeting regularly in the centre, and forming l'eventail (the fan). The sleeves, à la Venetienne, are nearly open from the shoulder, and have a rich gold embroidery all round. The skirt of the dress is ornamented with three flounces, embroidered at the edges; the top of the corsage... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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