'Opera & Drawing Room full dresses, 1806' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Opera & Drawing Room full dresses, 1806' NPG D47496

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine

Described in the magazine: Two Opera Dresses.
The first figure represents a lady with a white muslin turban, ornamented in the front with gold and pearls; the hair smoothed over the forehead, and large curls resembling cork-screws hang on each side; the neck embellished with a fancy gold chain. A gown of white India muslin, sloped round the neck; short sleeves, ornamented with Turkish embroidery; a small mantlet round the shoulders; white silk shoes and gloves.
The second figure represents a lady with her head... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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