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'Ball Dress', January 1828

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'Ball Dress', January 1828

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published 1 January 1828
8 1/2 in. x 4 3/8 in. (215 mm x 110 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47607

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Described in the magazine:
Crèpe lisse dress of bird of Paradise yellow, with short full sleeves, set in a black satin band round the arm; stomacher front, composed of five perpendicular divisions, widening towards the top of the bust, and displaying black satin puffings between; scollopped blond trimming in front, deepening to a zephyr cape on the shoulders and at the back. The point of the stomacher is low, and finished with a ruche of tulle. The skirt is short, and ornamented with three rosaceous borders of the same material as the dress, with black satin puffings at the corners, and is terminated with a yellow satin rouleau: a band of the same colour is arranged between each of the borders. The hair is dressed in large curls in front, high on the top, and ornamented with tulle drapery, and supported with a tiara comb. Necklace, ear-rings, and bracelets of embossed gold and turquoise; white kid gloves; French trimmed gold tissue shoes and sandals.

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Current affairs

Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.
Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.

Art and science

London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.

International

Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.

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