The Gallery of Fashion, 1 Oct. 1798, Fig. 197: Published as the Act (...), anonymous, 1798

Title(s)

The Gallery of Fashion, 1 Oct. 1798, Fig. 197: Published as the Act (...)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-2009-2655

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Fig. 197.’
• address: ‘Published as the Act directs, Oct 1, 1798, by N. Heideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office, No. 90 Wardour Street.’

Description

Vrouw in een japon met sleepje, langs de zoom versierd met druiventros- en bladmotief. V-hals waarlangs een opstaande kraag met geschulpte zoom. Halflange mouwen versierd met twee gerimpelde stroken stof. Geplooide onderrok met bloemmotief(?). Accessoires: diadeem, oorbel, collier met medaillon, waaier en lange handschoenen. Prent uit het modetijdschrift The Gallery of Fashion (1794-1803).

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• publisher: Nicolaus Heideloff (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1798

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / aquatint / hand coloring

Measurements

height 281 mm × width 223 mm

What

• fashion plates
• dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• fan (+ women's clothes)
• pendant, trinket, 'breloque' (+ women's clothes)
• ear-rings (+ women's clothes)
• diadem, tiara (+ women's clothes)
• neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)

When

• 1798-10-01 - 1798-10-01

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2009

Copyright

Public domain