Fashion plate, from Le Petit Courrier des Dames

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly magazine published in Paris. The plate is one of a series entitled, 'Modes de Paris' and illustrates menswear. Dated 30 April, 1834 it was engraved by Damours.

The men are in 'Modes de Long-champs' - outfits for the racecourse at Longchamps in Paris. The outfits include modern style trousers which became popular after about 1815.

Longchamps and Auteuil are racecourses in the Bois de Boulogne - a 2,140 acre park planned along English lines by Napoleon and situated on the western edge of Paris. The racecourse lawns were ideal settings for displaying the latest fashions.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-167-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 24.7
• Date: 1823 - 1861
  1834
  
• Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
  Paper. Inscription: Modes de Long-champs
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 9.00" x 5.60"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Damours (Engraver)
  Petit Courrier des Dames
  
• Where: France, Paris
  France, Paris
  
• Event:
• Description: One of forty-nine fashion plates entitled Modes de Paris, from the Petit Courrier des Dames, 1823 - 1861
  Fashion plate showing men's wear 'modes de long-champs', engraved by Damours, from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1059, 30 April, 1834
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 98. 
  • Tarrant, Naomi. The Development of Costume. London & New York. NMS & Routledge, 1994, p 98. 
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