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'Ball Dress. Evening Dress', October 1832

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'Ball Dress. Evening Dress', October 1832

by William Hopwood, published by Edward Bull, published in The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée
hand-coloured etching, line and stipple engraving, published October 1832
9 1/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (234 mm x 138 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47664

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Described in issue number 4 of the magazine:
Evening Dress. Dress of blue gaze St. Vallier, trimmed with gauze ribbons and blond, body trimmed with rows of narrow blond forming the point; short sleeves fastened with gauze ribbon; head-dress composed of marabouts and forget-me-nots.
Dinner Dress. Dress of rich emerald green velvet, with a plain body; blond mantilla with ends; head-dress, turban of pink crape with silver stars.

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Current affairs

William IV agrees to the creation of new peers in order to obtain the passage of the Reform Act, although this proved unnecessary when the Tories withdrew opposition. Male franchise is extended by fifty percent; fifty-six 'rotten boroughs' lose representation and forty-one new constituencies are created. Irish and Scottish Reform Acts are also passed.

Art and science

Mathematician Charles Babbage publishes his best selling Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. In response to recent outbreaks of machine-breaking and riots, he aimed to reveal the sources of Britain's industrial strength to the urban elite and promote institutional change.
Parliament votes funds for National Gallery buildings in Trafalgar Square.

International

Free land grants end for English settlers in Australia on recommendation of the leading colonisation theorist Edward Wakefield in his Letter from Sydney.
Greek independence recognised by the Treaty of London.

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