'Evening Costume', October 1825
3 of 106 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Lace - Blonde; blond'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Evening Costume', October 1825
published by J. Robins & Co, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1825
5 1/4 in. x 2 7/8 in. (132 mm x 74 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47570
Artistsback to top
- The Ladies' Pocket Magazine (1824-1840), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
- J. Robins & Co (active 1821), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Described in the magazine:
Dress of ethereal blue crape, with three flounces of white blond, and a double quilling of the same round the bust. Toque hat of white satin, with a small plume of marabout feathers.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Chairs and thrones
- Fans
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Evening dress
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Round gowns; round dresses
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Crape; Crêpe
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Satin
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Toques
- Fashion Plates: Lace - Blonde; blond
- Fashion Plates: Neckwear - Falling tuckers
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Marabout; marabou feathers; willow plumes
- From behind
- Hats and head attire
Events of 1825back to top
Current affairs
Strikes, contract breaking and worker intimidation prompt the passing of a new Anti-Trade Union Combination Act to the dismay of economist John McCulloch, MP Joseph Hume and radical Francis Place who had worked for the repeal of the previous year.Catholic Relief Bill is rejected by the House of Lords.
Art and science
Construction of Thames Tunnel begins under the direction of Marc Isambard Brunel.Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world's first passenger system, opens.
William Hazlitt publishes The Spirit of the Age; twenty-five pen-portraits of his contemporaries in the world of literature, philosophy and politics.
International
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in London.John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States.
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