'London Morning & Evening Dresses', May 1805
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- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Evening dress'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'London Morning & Evening Dresses', May 1805
published in The Lady's Magazine
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, published May 1805
7 7/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (201 mm x 114 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47526
Artistback to top
- The Lady's Magazine (1770-1832), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Described in the magazine:
1. The Roxborough hat, ornamented with roses; Cornelian necklace; black lace robe, lined with peach blossom; muslin dress; York tan gloves, and coloured kid shoes.
2. Brown satin hat, with white plumes; dress of coloured muslin, or crape; sleeves white, confined with an armlet; gloves white or yellow.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fashion Plates: Accessories - Gloves - York tan gloves
- Fashion Plates: Accessories - Parasols
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Evening dress
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Morning dress
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Half robes; half gowns; demi-habillement; tunic dresses
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Round gowns; round dresses
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Crape; Crêpe
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Muslin
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Satin
- Fashion Plates: Footwear - Kid shoes
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Fabric hats
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Ostrich feathers
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Roxborough hats
- Fashion Plates: Influences - Classical influence
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Flowers
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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