'Evening & Walking Dresses in August 1807' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
'Evening & Walking Dresses in August 1807' NPG D47508
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine
La Belle Assemblée, number 21. Described in the magazine:
No. 1. – Evening Dress. A round train dress of India muslin embroidered in a fancy border of needle-work at the feet. The stock bosom, ornamented with white beads. A full Spanish short sleeve, over a plain one of white satin. A scolloped lace tucker, placed strait round the bosom. Circassian scarf of gold, chambrey, or lace, crossing the back and gathered in front of the left shoulder into an emerald brooch, reaching to the feet,... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










