'Costumes Parisiens', number 38
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Costumes Parisiens', number 38
published in Le Journal des Dames et des Modes
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, published 31 August 1825
7 1/8 in. x 4 in. (180 mm x 103 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47574
Artistback to top
- Le Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1839), French magazine. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Described in issue number 48 of the magazine:
Chapeau de paille d'Italie. Robe de perkale garnie de volans de mousseline. Pointe de blonde. [Straw hat. Dress of perkale trimmed with muslin flounces. Blonde lace].
Chapeau de crepe. Robe de barèges. Canezou d'organdi. [Crepe hat. Dress of barege. Canezou of organdie].
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Double portraits
- Fashion Plates: Bodices - En blouse
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Round gowns; round dresses
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Skirts
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Barege
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Crape; Crêpe
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Muslin
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Organdie; organdy; book muslin
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Perkale
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Fabric hats
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Leghorn
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Straw hats and bonnets
- Fashion Plates: Influences - French fashions
- Fashion Plates: Lace - Blonde; blond
- Fashion Plates: Outer garments - Canezous
- Fashion Plates: Outer garments - Shawls
- Hats and head attire
- Lace and crochet
Events of 1825back to top
Current affairs
Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.
Art and science
Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.
International
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.
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