Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Evening Dresses as worn in April 1808' NPG D47515

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine

Described in the issue for April 1808:
Evening Costumes. A plain round robe of white gossamer satin, with a short train, round bosom, seamed back, and long sleeves. Crescent tucker of rich antique lace. A white satin coiffe à-la-Mary Queen of Scots, edged with silver worm trimming, ornamented on the top and at the point, in the centre of the forehead, with pearl drops. This unique head-dress is confined under the chin, where it is attached to a crimp lace, which is extended to each... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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