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Promenade dresses, May 1842

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Promenade dresses, May 1842

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 May 1842
8 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (211 mm x 149 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47897

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Described in the magazine:
Dress of India muslin, over a pale yellow under-dress. The corsage is half high, made tight, and folds put on from the shoulder to the waist in front, which latter is slightly rounded; the sleeves moderately full, and gathered in the length. A narrow lace encircles the bosom and cuffs; the skirt is very ample, and ornamented with narrow tucks, which commence at about a finger from the bottom, and reach more than half way up the dress. Hat of white pou de soie, trimmed with green ribbons, amongst which are interspersed bunches of lilac; yellow silk cravatte; hair in bands; blue and pink glave silk scarf.
Second Figure - Dress of light blue pou de soie; tight corsage, cut en coeur, and without a ceinture, but slightly rounded in front; tight sleeves, with jockeis; a fichu of lace, which reaches nearly to the waist, is worn with this body, and deep ruffles of the same go round the wrist. The skirt is ornamented in front with a passementerie trimming of silk cords and tassels; a cordelière of the same encircles the waist, and smaller ones attach the fichu in front and the open jockeis on the sleeves; hat of paille de riz, with willow feathers, and trimmed inside with white bows, en échelle; hair in bands; black, varnished shoes.

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Edwin Chadwick publishes his damning report, Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Poor, which details the shocking living conditions of the urban poor and prompts government to take a new interest in public health issues.
A year-long depression and the rejection of the Chartist petition leads to riots, with workers striking in the Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and parts of Scotland.

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Mudie's Lending Library opens, becoming one of the largest circulating libraries in the period. Made popular by the otherwise high cost of books, it exerts a great influence over literature; both by maintaining the more costly 'three decker' novel structure, and acting as moral censor.
Richard Owen, the English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, coins the term 'dinosaur', combining the Greek words for 'formidable' and 'reptile'.

International

Treaty of Nanjing, which allows China to trade with Britain and lends Hong Kong to the British crown for 150 years. In Afghanistan, the Anglo-Afghan war ends as the British abandon Kabul, withdrawing to India and losing most of their garrison force in the operation with only one member, Dr William Brydon, surviving.

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