'Evening Dress', January 1829 Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Evening Dress', January 1829 NPG D47638

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions

Described in issue number 1 of the magazine:
Dress of white satin, the bodice made rather low, and the front formed into longitudinal drapery, and confined in the centre by a gold-colour satin corded band; the remainder of the bodice is quite plain, and close to the shape. The sleeves are short and full, and set in a gold-colour satin corded band; the extreme fulness is regulated by a band passing through the centre round the arm. A circular cape emanates from the front of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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