7 OF 19

'Evening Dress', April 1828

7 of 19 portraits matching these criteria:

- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Half dress; demi-toilet'

published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published 1 April 1828
8 1/2 in. x 4 3/8 in. (215 mm x 110 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47612

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Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 96 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c (1809-1828), Periodical published by Rudolph Ackermann. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.

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Described in the magazine:
Dress of giraffe-colour tiffany, painted in waving columns of fancy flowers, and crossed, diagonally by lines of Ionian gray. The waist is long, and the upper part of the body full, terminating in a point in front: the ceinture, bound with satin cord, is attached to it, and partakes of the form of a diamond, the longitudinal corners continuing round the waist in a broad band. The sleeves are of white crèpe lisse, long and full, confined at the wrist by gold bracelets, and ornamented thence to the elbow by three heraldic roses of pink satin, with green centres. Zephyr cape of crèpe lisse, with three narrow pipings of white satin, and fastened in front and at the divisions on the shoulders by oval ornaments of emeralds and gold. The skirt, though full in front and at the sides, has the principal fulness behind, and has a deep border of fluted crèpe lisse, decorated with three rows of heraldic roses, in pink satin and green centres, at equal distances one between the other; beneath is a small rouleau of giraffe-colour satin. The hair is dressed in long and large curls around the head, very high at the top, in three large bows, supported by a semicircle of green satin, behind a rosette of rose-colour satin placed just above the division of the hair on the forehead. Gold ear-rings, and delicately wrought gold chain, entwined and passing three or four times round the neck. Short kid gloves, of pale pink, tied at the wrist. Giraffe-colour satin shoes.

Portrait setback to top

Fashion plates, 1770-1869

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1828back to top

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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