Fashion plate, from The Queen

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from The Queen, a monthly magazine published in London. The plate illustrates women's wear and is dated 5 April, 1884.

All three women are wearing day dresses and hats. The bustles on their dresses are quite exaggerated and tend to arch up and out from the back. The skirts are draped and trimmed at the back into elaborate bouffants.

The Queen was originally founded in 1861 by Samuel Beeton, the husband of the famous Mrs Beeton who wrote the world-renowned cookery book. At first, the magazine had little fashion content and its format was more like a newspaper.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-693-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 87.12
• Date: 1877 - 1894
  1884
  
• Material: Plate, fashion
  
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• What: Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: One of thirty-three fashion plates from The Queen, showing women's and children's wear, dated 1877 - 1894
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 100-1. 
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