'Ball Dress', April 1838 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Ball Dress', April 1838 NPG D47746

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by W. Bosell, probably published by E. Henderson, probably published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance

Pink tulle robe over a gros de Naples slip to correspond; the skirt is trimmed with two flounces of tulle so deep that they cover at least two-thirds of it: the upper part is trimmed on each side with a wreath of coques of pink satin ribbon, long ends from them float over the flounces; the corsage is tight to the shape, pointed at bottom, and trimmed at the top with a blond lace revers, from which a full fall of blond lace descends. Short... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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