Promenade dresses, May 1842 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Promenade dresses, May 1842 NPG D47897
© 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:
Dress of India muslin, over a pale yellow under-dress. The corsage is half high, made tight, and folds put on from the shoulder to the waist in front, which latter is slightly rounded; the sleeves moderately full, and gathered in the length. A narrow lace encircles the bosom and cuffs; the skirt is very ample, and ornamented with narrow tucks, which commence at about a finger from the bottom, and reach more than half way up the dress. Hat of white... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










