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Morning visiting dress and morning dress, September 1846

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Morning visiting dress and morning dress, September 1846

published by Elizabeth Henderson, published in The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance
hand-coloured etching, published September 1846
7 7/8 in. x 4 7/8 in. (199 mm x 125 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47972

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Described in the magazine:
No. 1. Morning Visiting Dress. Light green taffeta robe, half-high corsage, trimmed with a festooned lappel, embroidered in spots of a deeper shade of green. Short sleeve, trimmed with three volants to correspond; long sleeve of muslin bouillonné; and high gimpe of the same, the latter embroidered. Three deep flounces decorate the skirt. Rice straw chapeau; a demi Pamela, lined with pink crape. The exterior is trimmed round the brim with puffed pink ribbon, a band of the same, in which a bouquet of shaded marabouts is placed, encircles the bottom of the crown; pink floating brides complete the garniture. Barege scarf.
No. 2. Morning Dress. French grey poult de soie robe, the corsage half high, very open, and trimmed with a lappel cut in dents. Demi-long sleeve, wide, and open at the bottom. The skirt is trimmed with three deep flounces, also cut in dents at the edges. Embroidered cambric chemisette, made high; rose-coloured neck-knot; black lace mittens.

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Current affairs

The Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel divides his own party by repealing the unpopular Corn Laws, which prohibited the import of cheap grain from overseas, viewed by many as causing the famines in Ireland (which peaked in this year), as well as domestic hardships following a bad harvest. Peel, defeated on a separate issue, resigns. The Whig Earl Russell becomes Prime Minister.

Art and science

Ether is used for the first time as anaesthetic in an operation by the dentist William Morton, while surgeon John Collins Warren removes a tumor on a patient's neck.
Edward Lear, the popular humourist and artist, and author of illustrated nonsense verse (including 'The Owl and the Pussycat'), publishes his Book of Nonsense.

International

The first Anglo-Sikh war ends with the Treaty of Lahore, by which Jammu and Kashmir are ceded to the British. The war had been fought between the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab and the British East India Company, with conflict escalating after internal disorder in the Punjab led the East India Company to increase their military presence on the border.

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