'The Fashions'. Exhibition and country or seaside dress, July 1862 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'The Fashions'. Exhibition and country or seaside dress, July 1862 NPG D47997
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Réville, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, published in The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, first published in Le Moniteur de la Mode, after Jules David
Described in the magazine:
Exhibition Toilet. - The bonnet is composed of white chip, with a soft mauve silk crown, and curtain of the same material. A plume of mauve feathers ornaments the top of the chapeau, and is arranged to curl over the front, and to form a portion of the bandeau. A quilled blonde cap and white strings complete the bonnet inside. The dress is of glacé silk, of a pretty shade of green, trimmed with black silk ruchings. The body and skirt... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










