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- subject matching 'Regency Style - Women'
Fashion in womenswear changed frequently during the Regency period. To be a man or woman of fashion implied not only attention to dress but also to social position and political affiliation. The popularity of certain styles was particularly influenced by shifting attitudes towards the situation in France and the expansion of the Empire. Combined with increasingly sophisticated forms of retailing and the print media's avid reporting of the latest trends, contemporary interest in fashion was intense. In this group you can examine some of the popular styles represented in portraits from the Gallery's collection.
Anna Maria Jenkins; Thomas Jenkins
by Angelica Kauffmann
oil on canvas, 1790
On display on the Second Floor at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 5044
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, after 1793
NPG 3821
by John Opie
oil on canvas, circa 1797
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1237
Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson)
by Adam Buck
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1803
NPG 2793
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1804
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 244
by John Downman
watercolour, 1814
NPG 4377
Harriot Beauclerk (née Mellon), Duchess of St Albans
by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, circa 1815
NPG 1915
Sara Coleridge; Edith May Warter
by Edward Nash
watercolour on ivory, 1820
NPG 4029
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, 1822
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 412
Abigail Betts; Harriet Catherine Fiddes (née Cawse)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pen and ink, circa 1828
NPG 1962(j)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Mrs Maclean)
by Daniel Maclise
pencil, black chalk and stump, circa 1830-1835
NPG 1953
Sarah Archer (née West), Lady Archer ('The finishing touch')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 September 1791
NPG D12424
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell) ('Modern elegance')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 22 May 1795
NPG D10789
'"Monstrosities" of 1799, - scene, Kensington Gardens'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1799
NPG D12699