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'Evening dress. Public promenade dress', October 1845

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'Evening dress. Public promenade dress', October 1845

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published October 1845
7 5/8 in. x 5 in. (193 mm x 126 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47950

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Described in the magazine:
Evening dress. No. 1. Pink tarlatane robe over gros de naples to correspond; the corsage is high at the back, opens in a long V on the bosom, and is embroidered down the front in a broad border of spots in silk to correspond. Short wide sleeve of two falls similarly worked. The skirt is trimmed very high with flounces, embroidered in the same style, and diminishing in depth from the bottom. Ceinture of shaded ribbon. The hair is ornamented with a lace lappet attached on each side by a full blown rose and knot of pink ribbon.
Public Promenade Dress. No. 2. Lavender moire robe, the corsage high and close, and long tight sleeve. The corsage, front of the skirt, and sleeves are ornamented with fancy silk trimming. Dove-coloured satin chapeau lined with pink; a round, moderately open shape; the exterior is trimmed with a long white ostrich feather and dove-coloured ribbon, the interior with pink brides.

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Cardinal Newman converts to Roman Catholicism. A leader of the Oxford movement , growing in influence since the 1820s, Newman had raised doubts about the authority of the Anglican church.
Ralph Etwall, MP for Andover, demands an inquiry into the administration of the Andover workhouse, which leads to the abolition of the Poor Law Commission, and resolution of Parliament to improve workhouse conditions.

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The American poet, short story writer, critic and leader of the American Romantic movement, Edgar Allan Poe, publishes his narrative poem 'The Raven'. The poem is a supernatural tale of a mysterious talking raven's visit to a distraught lover, who descends into madness, and explores themes of self-torture and obsession.
The reconstruction of Trafalgar Square, by architects John Nash and Sir Charles Barry, is completed.

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Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the North-West passage, the sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Franklin took two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, and a crew of 129 men made up Royal Navy officers. The crew never returned. Search parties sent out years later discovered the ships had got stuck in frozen waters, and that all the men had died.

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