'Spring Fashions for 1806... Walking Dresses in Kensington Garden 1 June 1806' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Spring Fashions for 1806... Walking Dresses in Kensington Garden 1 June 1806' NPG D47495
© 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 Morning Dresses.
The first figure represents a lady in one of the last modern morning dresses which have appeared in all fashionable promenades. Her head is ornamented with a jockey bonnet, made of lilac-coloured silk; a bunch of fancy flowers is placed in front, and a large laced veil is fixed on the top; a part of the veil is formed into a bow, the remainder part of it suspends gracefully down the back. The gown is made of white... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










