'London Walking Dress', August 1836
13 of 17 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Bodices - Bodices en gerbe'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'London Walking Dress', August 1836
published by Joseph Robins, published in The Ladies' Pocket Magazine
hand-coloured etching, published August 1836
5 5/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (142 mm x 84 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47687
Artistsback to top
- The Ladies' Pocket Magazine (1824-1840), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits.
- Joseph Robins (active 1799-1860). Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Described in the magazine:
Clear muslin robe, flowered in sprigs of red roses with their foliage. The corsage is made high with a tight back, and the front draped in the form of a V. Long loose sleeve, the fulness drawn close to the arm at the upper and lower part by three rows of bouillinne, the centre is left plain, and moderately full. Pale rose crape hat, oval brim of a moderate size, the interior trimmed next the face with coques of white gauze ribbon. Perpendicular crown trimmed with gauze ribbon, the ground of which is the colour of the hat, but it is figured in a deeper shade, and two ostrich feathers also of a deeper shade.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fashion Plates: Accessories - Handkerchiefs
- Fashion Plates: Accessories - Parasols
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Promenade dress; walking dress; Modes de Longchamps; toilette de ville
- Fashion Plates: Bodices - Bodices en gerbe
- Fashion Plates: Fabrics - Muslin
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Fabric hats
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Ostrich feathers
- Fashion Plates: Sleeves and cuffs - Bishop sleeves; sleeves à l'evèque
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Bouillons; puffings
- Hats and head attire
- Jewellery - Brooches, buckles and pins
- Walking
Events of 1836back to top
Current affairs
William Lovett founds the Working Men's Association, the precursor to Chartism, with the aim to achieving equal social and political rights between men of all classes.A reduction in stamp duty from 4d to 1d helps to keep unstamped newspapers off the street, and leads to wider circulation of legal newspapers.
The first railway line is built in London, connecting to Greenwich and operated by the London Greenwich Railway (LGR).
Art and science
The American poet and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson outlines his theory of transcendentalism in Nature, in which he argues for individualism above traditional authority, stressing the infinitude of the private self and the possibility of achieving an original relation to the universe.The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer publishes On the Will in Nature, a precursor to his famous The World as Will and Representation.
International
Texas declares its independence from Mexico following a series of battles, including those at the Alamo and Goliad. Sam Houston is the first president of Texas, serving both in 1836-38 and 1841-44.The city of Adelaide is founded in Australia, at the mouth of the Torrens river, named in honour of Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
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