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'Public promenade and bridal dresses', May 1844

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'Public promenade and bridal dresses', May 1844

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published May 1844
7 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (193 mm x 118 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47941

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Described in the magazine:
Public Promenade Dress. Lilac taffetas robe, a high corsage, tight to the shape, and laced in front, with silk braiding, in such a manner as to give to the cambric under corsage the appearance of a stomacher. The top of the cambric corsage, which is just seen above the other, is trimmed with Valenciennes lace standing up. Long tight sleeve, terminated by a lace ruffle. Eight rouleaus, placed rather far apart, decorate the skirt. Light green poult de soie chapeau, an oval brim of moderate length, rather close, and trimmed at the edge with folds; the exterior is decorated with rose ribbon, and a very full panache of white flat feathers. New spring shawl.
Bridal Dress. Honiton lace robe over white poult de soie; the corsage is a three-quarter height, round at the top, but drawn in with a little fulness at the bottom of the waist, under a cienture of white ribbon, tied in short bows and long floating ends. The sleeve is a three-quarter length, composed of a succession of bouillons, formed by letting in lace; it is terminated by a ruffle, and surmounted by a deep mancheron. There are two skirts, each finished in a superb pattern round the border. The coiffure is a superb lace veil, attached by a fancy bandeau, on one side of which is a bouquet of orange blossoms.

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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'.

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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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