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'Public promenade dresses', November 1844

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'Public promenade dresses', November 1844

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published November 1844
7 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (193 mm x 118 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47943

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Described in the magazine:
First Figure. Fawn coloured satin robe, corsage a three-quarter height, and long tight sleeve. Light blue velours épinglé chapeau; the brim is round, moderately open, and the interior trimmed on each side with half-blown roses. The crown is considerably higher than they have been recently made, a very full bouquet of blue ostrich feathers, placed at the bottom of the crown, falls in different directions on each side, being divided by a knot and ends of blue ribbon; a full knot at the back, and long brides complete the garniture. Black velvet mantelet, the pelerine part is very deep and quite high, with a falling collar; the ends are of the usual size; the entire is bordered with a stumped velvet trimming of a perfectly novel kind.
Second Figure. Robe of dark grey levantine shot with white, a high corsage closed before, and sleeve of rather more than a three-quarter length, of an easy width, sloped to the back at the bottom, and trimmed with a plaiting of ribbon to correspond. Muslin under sleeve; lace ruffle. Green velvet scarf, lined with lilac gros de Naples; the ends and the back are striped in full colours, and the ends are terminated by a rich party coloured fringe. 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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