'Costumes Parisiens', number 9
12 of 52 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Rouleaux'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Costumes Parisiens', number 9
published in Le Journal des Dames et des Modes
hand-coloured etching and line engraving, circa January 1826
7 1/4 in. x 4 5/8 in. (183 mm x 116 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47583
Artistback to top
- Le Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1839), French magazine. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The figure on the left was published with a different head alongside a figure in a pink dress on 25 January (issue number 5) and on 31 January 1826 (issue number 6) with the description:
Coiffure ornée de groseilles par Mr. Guillaume. Robe de tulle garnie de rouleaux de satin et de bouillons de gaze. Fichu de ruban garni de pointes formées par un petit ruban de satin roulé. [Ornate hear-style of currants[?] by Mr Guillaume. Dress of tulle trimmed with satin rouleaux and gauze puffs. Fichu of ribbon trimmed with points].
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Double portraits
- Fans
- Fashion Plates: Accessories - Glauvina pins; Glorvina pins; Swiss bodkins
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Evening dress
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Satin
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Tulle
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Apollo knots
- Fashion Plates: Influences - French fashions
- Fashion Plates: Neckwear - Fichus
- Fashion Plates: Sleeves and cuffs - Mancherons; epaulettes
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Bouillons; puffings
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Rouleaux
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Vandyking
- Hats and head attire
- Jewellery - Bangles and bracelets
- Jewellery - Earrings
- Jewellery - Hair ornaments
- Jewellery - Pendants and necklaces
Events of 1826back to top
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Riots break out in Lancashire against the use of the power loom, invented by Edmund Cartwright. The looms were gradually being introduced across the country, replacing large numbers of manual workers.Art and science
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Carl Weber arrives to live in England after his opera Der Freischutz is the hit of the London season.Comments back to top
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