'Paris Ball Dress', March 1836
2 of 4 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Sleeves and cuffs - Manchettes à la Maintenon'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Paris Ball Dress', March 1836
published by Joseph Robins, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
hand-coloured etching, published March 1836
5 1/2 in. x 3 3/8 in. (141 mm x 85 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47709
Artistsback to top
- The Ladies' Pocket Magazine (1824-1840), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
- Joseph Robins (active 1799-1860). Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Described in the magazine:
Lemon coloured crape robe over satin to correspond. Low corsage of the corset form, cut low and trimmed round the top with a row of blond disposed à l'enfant by a rose coloured gauze ribbon run through it, which forms a heading. Short tight sleeves with blond manchettes à la Maintenon, trimmed at the bend of the arm with coques of rose ribbon. The skirt is disposed in two rows of folds down the right side, one row is confined by sprigs of red roses placed at regular distances; two sprigs partially confine the other row. The hair disposed in soft loops at the sides, and in a knot formed of a platted braid at the back of the head, is ornamented with a guirlande à l'Italienne of roses.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Ball dress
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Full dress
- Fashion Plates: Bodices - Bodices à l'enfant
- Fashion Plates: Bodices - Corsages en corset; corsages en trois pièces
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Robes
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Crape; Crêpe
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Satin
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Plaited knots and coiffures
- Fashion Plates: Influences - French fashions
- Fashion Plates: Lace - Blonde; blond
- Fashion Plates: Sleeves and cuffs - Manchettes à la Maintenon
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Bows; noeuds; coques; rosettes; choux
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Flowers
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Lace
- Gloves and gauntlets
Events of 1836back to top
Current affairs
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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