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'Costumes Parisiens', number 38

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- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Organdie; organdy; book muslin'

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'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

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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].

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  • Place made and portrayed: France (Paris)

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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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