Tuesday 9 April 2013

January - December

Find your way through a royal year with these beautiful fashion plates from 1749:

A lady standing to right, hands in a fur-trimmed muff, wearing a hooped skirt, a fur-edged cape tied with a bow and a broad-brimmed bonnet tied under her chin with a bow; city buildings in the background; title-plate to a set of twelve fashion plates. 1749 Hand-coloured etching and engraving
January

Hand-coloured etching and engraving from a set of twelve fashion plates: 1749, "February", London, "A lady stnading looking to left, her hooped skirts swaying, with her left hand in a fur-trimmed muff, her left against her breast, wearing an apron, a fur-trimmed cape, fichu and a bonnet over a frilled cap tied under her chin," "Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with the title in English and French; etched in the image 'February'":
February

Hand-coloured etching and engraving from a set of twelve fashion plates: 1749, "March":
March

Hand-coloured etching and engraving from a set of twelve fashion plates: 1749, "April", London, "A lady wearing a hooped gown decorated with small flowers, with a lace apron, cuffs and fichu and a broad-brimmed straw bonnet over a lace cap," "Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with the title in English and French; etched in the image 'April'":
April
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