Dinner dresses, June 1841

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Dinner dresses, June 1841

published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published June 1841
8 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (210 mm x 149 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47882

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Described in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes, Court Magazine and Museum on 1 June:
Dress of India muslin, low corsage, sleeves full, but reaching only to the elbow, where they are confined with a band. The skirt has a deep hem at bottom, and is embroidered down each side of the front, giving to the dress something of the effect of an open robe. Canezou of India muslin, trimmed with a quilling of tulle and fastened down the front with buttons. Cap trimmed with rich lace, the borders interspersed with puffs of green ribbon, hair in bands, half long gloves of peau de Suède, fan.
2nd figure - Low dress of straw color poux de soie, shot with white. Short sleeves finished by two puffings or sabots, lace canezou with deep falls over the shoulders. Cap trimmed with lace and a quantity of pink ribbon; hair in smooth bands, long black silk mittens en filet. Lace ruffles, black satin shoes.

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Sir Robert Peel's second term as Prime Minister. Peel replaces the Whig Prime Minister Lord Melbourne after a Conservative general election victory. The English comic periodical Punch is first published, under the auspices of engraver Ebenezer Landells and writer Henry Mayhew, and quickly establishes itself as a radical commentary on the arts, politics and current affairs, notable for its heavily satirised cartoons.

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