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'Costumes Parisiens', number 30

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'Costumes Parisiens', number 30

published in Le Journal des Dames et des Modes
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, published 1826
7 1/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (182 mm x 115 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47585

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  • Place made and portrayed: France (Paris)

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Riots break out in Lancashire against the use of the power loom, invented by Edmund Cartwright. The looms were gradually being introduced across the country, replacing large numbers of manual workers.

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Thomas Telford's Menai Straits and Conway Suspension Bridges open, the largest of their kind at the time.

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Carl Weber arrives to live in England after his opera Der Freischutz is the hit of the London season.

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