London Evening Dress and Morning Riding Dress for September 1808 Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
London Evening Dress and Morning Riding Dress for September 1808 NPG D47514
© National Portrait Gallery, London
published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine
La Belle Assemblée, number 35. Described in the magazine:
No. 1 – London Evening Dress. A round dress of white Imperial sarsnet, or Italian crape, with a Roman tunick of amber satin, or Chinese silk. Antique stomacher, shirt folded sleeve, and rosette trimmings. Hair disposed in alternate bands and curls, with a long corkscrew ringlet falling from the left temple on the shoulder. Crescent comb, or ornament of fine wrought gold, placed in front of the hair. Necklace, earrings, and bracelet of amethyst, set transparent.... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










