'Home Costume invented by Miss Pierpoint', October 1827 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Home Costume invented by Miss Pierpoint', October 1827 NPG D47591

© National Portrait Gallery, London

probably by William Hopwood, published by S. Robinson, published in The Lady's Magazine

Described in the magazine:
A dress of canary-yellow taffeta, made high, and en blouse, with long, full sleeves of a thinner texture, either of crape, or Italian net, surmounted by a plain mancheron, of the same material as the dress. The throat encircled by a full, triple ruff of lace. A turban-cap of blond and tulle, with a very broad border, turned up on the left side, with a large bow of pink riband. Fancy flowers, of a delicate and simple kind, are placed between... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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