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'London Fashionable Full Dress', September 1809

published in The Lady's Magazine
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, published September 1809
7 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. (196 mm x 114 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47537

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Described in the magazine:
A train dress of white sarcenet, ornamented round the front with a rich lace let in to the bottom; entire front of footing and lace; sleeves of the same, intermixed with white sarcenet. Cap of yellow figured sarcenet, ornamented in front with a demi-wreath of cornflowers and poppies, a half-handkerchief worked with silver, thrown over the back part of the head. Necklace and ear-rings of cornelian and gold. White shoes and gloves.
Child's dress: Trowsers and vest of fine India muslin, worked round the bottom, the vest to cross from side to side, confined round the waist with a band of the same. Yellow leather shoes.

Events of 1809back to top

Current affairs

Duke of Portland resigns as Prime Minister to be succeeded by Spencer Perceval.
Motion for parliamentary reform is defeated in the House of Commons.
Notorious duel between George Canning and Viscount Castlereagh over strategic failures against Napoleon.

Art and science

Maria Edgeworth publishes Tales of Fashionable Life, a popular and perceptive series of stories exploring Anglo-Irish society after the Union.
Robert Smirke completes the New Covent Garden Theatre after fire. 'Old Price' theatre riots quickly break out against rising cost of admission.
Pall Mall in London is lit by gas for the first time.

International

British army lands in Lisbon and defeats the French at Talavera. Arthur Wellesley is created Viscount Wellington as a result of this victory.
Walcheren expedition led by General Chatham, which aimed to take Antwerp, fails amidst allegations of military corruption and carnage.
James Madison is elected President of the United States.

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