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










