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Brighton Walking Dress, September 1817, Plate 15, Vol. IV
Fashion plate depicting a woman in a pale blue dress with an elaborately embroidered sheer overskirt with a scalloped hem. Overtop, a white spencer with frills down the front. On her head, a tall bonnet with white ribbon trim. The date is written in pencil at the bottom of the page.
2022.35.0546
Colored Engraving
Paper
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Fashion Plate
Historic Costume
Ackermann's Repository of Arts
1817
19th Century
Early 19th Century
Plate 15, Vol. IV / Brighton Walking Dress. / 1817 / No. 21 of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pubd. Septr. 1, 1817
English
Old Number
2011.041.7