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'Morning visiting and walking dresses', July 1844

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'Morning visiting and walking dresses', July 1844

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published July 1844
7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. (189 mm x 122 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47930

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Described in the magazine:
Morning Visiting Dress - Robe of lilac gros de Naples, the corsage a three-quarter height, and the long sleeve made rather full lengthwise. The skirt is trimmed nearly three-quarters high, by an excessively deep biais, surmounted by a ruche. Embroidered cambric canezou en coeur, made quite high, with a falling collar, and ornamented in the front with three knots of ribbon. Green crape chapeau, a round shape trimmed with ruches, green ribbon, and a plume zephyr.
Walking Dress - Robe of light green moire, a high corsage, and long tight sleeve. Black poult de soie mantelet-écharpe, trimmed at the neck and waist with embroidery in braiding, and bordered at the back by two deep volants, cut in dents at the edges; the dents are surmounted by a row of passementerie; the ends of the scarf are decorated en suite. The chapeau presents a back view of the one just described.

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Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.

Art and science

Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.

International

Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.
With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.

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