Paris dinner dress, 1836 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Paris dinner dress, 1836 NPG D47711

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Mondain, published in Le Bon Ton, Journal des Modes, probably published in Blackwood's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of the Fashionable World

Described in issue 5 of the magazine:
Chapeaux de paille de rix de Mme [?] 77 rue Richelieu - Robe de mousseline brodée des [?] de la belle [?] No. 1 Capotte de gros de naples de Mme [?] rue St. Honore - No. 2 Chapeaux de paille de rix de Mme Dubois [?] 32 rue [?]
The same figure was published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine in July 1836 (see D47682 for a fuller description). As this magazine often copied French prints, it... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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