'Paris Dress', February 1805
13 of 562 portraits matching these criteria:
- set matching 'Fashion plates, 1770-1869'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Paris Dress', February 1805
by Henry Mutlow, published in The Lady's Magazine
hand-coloured etching and line-engraving, published February 1805
7 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (181 mm x 105 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47493
Artistsback to top
- The Lady's Magazine (1770-1832), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
- Henry Mutlow (circa 1756-1826), Engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Probably after a print in the French magazine 'Journal des Dames et des Modes'. Described in the magazine:
A great coat of blue cassimere with a black velvet collar, and a velvet edging of the same colour. (This great coat comes down to the shoes, and is trimmed in the same manner at the bottom) - Colerette à la Medicis - Coral necklace and ear-rings - the head-dress of hair raised on the top of the head, and fastened with a gold comb.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Kerseymere; cassimir
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Muslin
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Classical Roman hairstyles
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Head-dresses of hair
- Fashion Plates: Influences - Classical influence
- Fashion Plates: Influences - French fashions
- Fashion Plates: Neckwear - Medici collars; medicis
- Fashion Plates: Outer garments - Greatcoats
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Classical ornament and decoration
- Group portraits
Events of 1805back to top
Current affairs
Nelson's state funeral is held at St Paul's. An occasion for an outpouring of national grief and patriotism, the grand ceremony built on the cult of Nelson which had emerged in the years before his death.Art and science
Mary Tighe publishes Pysche or the Legend of Love, a romantic allegory in the fashionable medieval revival style, admired by both Keats and Shelley.The 'poems of Ossian' are officially declared a fake and a great literary scandal ends as Scottish poet James Macpherson is exposed as the forger of the third century bard's epic works.
International
Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon's ultimate plan to invade England from Boulogne with 100,000 men is thwarted by superior British naval power. Nelson dies in the closing moments of battle having been wounded by a French sniper, but survives long enough to learn that a decisive victory has been won.Comments back to top
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