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'Morning visiting dress', April 1842

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'Morning visiting dress', April 1842

published by George Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published April 1842
6 5/8 in. x 3 5/8 in. (168 mm x 92 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47945

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Described in the magazine:
Apple green poult de soie robe, a high corsage, and long tight sleeve, the corsage is embroidered down the front in the stomacher style, with black silk, and the embroidery is continued en tablier down the front of the skirt. The sleeve is finished with a black lace mancheron. A fall of Brussels lace round the top of the corsage, and cuffs to correspond, complete the ornaments of the dress. Pale pink satin chapeau, a round and very open shape; the interior is trimmed with coques of ribbon to correspond; the exterior with a full bouquet of pink ostrich feathers.
Young Lady's Dress - Cambric pantaloons and striped pink foulard frock, the corsage made quite high, with a pointed pelerine of two falls, frilled with the same. Long tight sleeve, the top trimmed with two bouillons. Apple green silk apron. Blue poult de soie bonnet, a close shape, trimmed with a bouquet of white feathers.

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Current affairs

Edwin Chadwick publishes his damning report, Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Poor, which details the shocking living conditions of the urban poor and prompts government to take a new interest in public health issues.
A year-long depression and the rejection of the Chartist petition leads to riots, with workers striking in the Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and parts of Scotland.

Art and science

Mudie's Lending Library opens, becoming one of the largest circulating libraries in the period. Made popular by the otherwise high cost of books, it exerts a great influence over literature; both by maintaining the more costly 'three decker' novel structure, and acting as moral censor.
Richard Owen, the English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, coins the term 'dinosaur', combining the Greek words for 'formidable' and 'reptile'.

International

Treaty of Nanjing, which allows China to trade with Britain and lends Hong Kong to the British crown for 150 years. In Afghanistan, the Anglo-Afghan war ends as the British abandon Kabul, withdrawing to India and losing most of their garrison force in the operation with only one member, Dr William Brydon, surviving.

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