'Morning visiting dress and demi toilet', August 1844 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Morning visiting dress and demi toilet', August 1844 NPG D47931
© 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:
Morning Visiting Dress. Pink barage robe, the corsage, high at the back, with a lappel opening very much upon the bosom, displays an embroidered cambric chemisette, made quite up to the throat; the lappel is bordered with a ribbon trimming à la vielle. Long tight sleeve, ornamented at top and bottom with a similar trimming. Two rows of this garniture, with fancy silk buttons between, decorates the front of the skirt. Rice-straw chapeau, a... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










