'Evening and walking dresses', July 1844 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Evening and walking dresses', July 1844 NPG D47935

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance

The plate was described in the August issue of the magazine:
Evening Dress. Organdy robe over white gros de Naples, a low corsage deeply pointed at the bottom, and descending a little in the centre of the bosom, displaying an embroidered guimpe, trimmed with lace standing up. The corsage is finished by a cardinal pelerine moderately deep, very open on the bosom, and embroidered in a light pattern round the border with coral-coloured silk. Manche à la religieuse, demi-long; the cuff is embroidered to correspond.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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