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'Paris Evening Dress', April 1836

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'Paris Evening Dress', April 1836

published by Joseph Robins, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
hand-coloured etching, published April 1836
5 1/2 in. x 3 3/8 in. (141 mm x 86 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47710

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Described in the magazine:
White satin petticoat, robe of rose-coloured mousseline de soie, open before, and with the corsage very low, plain behind, and the fronts crossed in full drapery folds. Short tight sleeves covered by rows of bias, double bands disposed en bouillonnie; the sleeve terminates with a ruffle of blonde illusion of one fall only; it is ornamented at the bend of the arm with a knot of rose-gauze ribbon, and another with floating ends is placed on the shoulder. The skirt is rounded off at the bottom, and looped back down each side in drapery folds by knots of ribbon. Coiffure à la Vallier, the hair is combed up tightly behind and arranged at the back in a round knot, in the centre of which is one composed of four coques of ribbons with floating ends. The front hair is disposed on each side in a full cluster of ringlets, which hang low, and are drawn back by knots of ribbon; pearl combs complete the ornament of the coiffure. The other figure gives a back view of the head-dress.

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William Lovett founds the Working Men's Association, the precursor to Chartism, with the aim to achieving equal social and political rights between men of all classes.
A reduction in stamp duty from 4d to 1d helps to keep unstamped newspapers off the street, and leads to wider circulation of legal newspapers.
The first railway line is built in London, connecting to Greenwich and operated by the London Greenwich Railway (LGR).

Art and science

The American poet and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson outlines his theory of transcendentalism in Nature, in which he argues for individualism above traditional authority, stressing the infinitude of the private self and the possibility of achieving an original relation to the universe.
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer publishes On the Will in Nature, a precursor to his famous The World as Will and Representation.

International

Texas declares its independence from Mexico following a series of battles, including those at the Alamo and Goliad. Sam Houston is the first president of Texas, serving both in 1836-38 and 1841-44.
The city of Adelaide is founded in Australia, at the mouth of the Torrens river, named in honour of Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.

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