Dinner and evening dress, December 1839 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Dinner and evening dress, December 1839 NPG D47770
© 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:
First Figure - Dress of white crape or gauze over a pink satin under dress. Corsage tight and à pointe, with very deep draperies à la Sévigné, sleeves very short, the top or shoulder part set in fluted plaits, the remainder consists of a light drapery, full but very short, for it will be seen by the plate that it does not quite cover the elbow; it is cut in the form of the Venetian sleeve, and looped up in... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










