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Carriage and walking costumes, November 1841

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Carriage and walking costumes, November 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 November 1841
8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (202 mm x 148 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47887

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Hat of pink satin coming very low at the sides of the face, where it is rounded off. It sits very flat at top, the front being quite on a line with the crown. It has a deep and full bavolet, and a small rouleau, or, rather, border, as it is more technically termed, round the crown at top, as well as round the front, whence it is carried along the sides, to within a few inches of the crown, when it forms a second row round the hat. A glance at the plate will suffice to make our description clearly understood. The strings, as well as the ribbon across the crown are of broché satin, very broad and rich, the flowers which are white droop to the side. The cloak, or Burnouss, is of apple-green-watered silk. It is wadded and lined throughout with green velvet of a bright emerald shade, the collar, facings and cuffs being all that is visible of the velvet. The pink trimming which sets it off so much is of pink plush. A row goes round the bottom, and two round the collar and down each side of the velvet facings; the sleeves which are short and full, but cut on the straight way of the material have a row of the pink plush to finish the parements or cuffs at top. The cloak is what is termed three-quarter length, and is not made higher at the neck than the dresses and redingottes worn at present. Ornaments of passementoire fasten the cloak over the chest. It is the model of one of the most elegant cloaks invented for the approaching winter, by Mesdames Victorine and Palmyre. The dress is of striped armure, of a shade approaching to light drab, the stripe is brown. Pale yellow kid gloves, cambric cuffs, narrow lace frill round the neck, black kid shoes.
2nd figure - Redingotte of mauve satin. The corsage is tight and quite high in the neck, fastening in front. Sleeves tight, with two seams; the back seam ornamented from the elbow to the wrist, with a passementoire trimming, to match that on the remainder of the dress, and which consists of small cords, terminating in glands, or acorn tassels, and made up in three little rounds or bows, fastened in the centre by a small button. A row of these little cords and tassels goes down the centre of the dress from top to bottom of the corsage, as well as of the skirt. Two other rows, forming the V, go likewise the length of the corsage at each side from the shoulder to the waist . Drawn capotte of nut brown velvet; it is very small, and sits quite round to the face. A ruche of black lace goes round the outer edge of the front; it will be seen that it is lace not tulle, and that it is quilled at the edge and not in the centre. The trimming of the capotte is likewise intermixed with black lace. The flowers, a demi-couronne, or half wreath, are of velvet . It is placed from the top along to the end of the bonnet at one side. The brides or strings are of black lace. A small puffing of white lace is visible just below the flowers on the inside. The hair is in bands; muff lined with yellow silk. The shawl is of gros grain, wadded, lined with the same colour, and trimmed all round with the same fur as the muff. The colour of the shawl is upon that called feuille morte. Embroidered collar and handkerchief, black varnished shoes, pale yellow gloves, embroidered cuffs.

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Current affairs

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.

Art and science

Thomas Carlyle publishes his set of lectures On Heroes and Hero Worship, in which he attempts to connect past heroic figures to significant figures form the present.
William Henry Fox Talbot invents the calotype process, in which photographs were developed from negatives. This allowed for multiple copies of images to be made, and was the basis of modern, pre-digital, photographic processing.

International

Signing of the Straits Convention, an international agreement between Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and Turkey, denying access to non-Ottoman warships through the seas connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, a major concession by Russia. Whilst signalling a spirit of co-operation, the convention emphasises the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

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