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'Walking dresses', June 1844

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'Walking dresses', June 1844

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published June 1844
7 5/8 in. x 4 3/4 in. (194 mm x 120 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47927

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Described in the magazine:
Green plaided foulard robe, a high corsage, and long tight sleeves. Shawl mantelet of shaded gros de Naples, made extremely long behind, seamed up the back so as to sit close to the shape, but falling in long double scarf ends in front. The skirt part is a three-quarter length behind, and very full. Shawl pelerine of rather a large size. The whole is bordered with a rich fringe to correspond. Rice straw chapeau, a round open brim, the interior full trimmed with coques of lilac ribbon; the exterior is ornamented with a white and lilac plume attached by a noeud formed of coques and ends of ribbon.

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Current affairs

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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