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Fashion plate, from The Lady's Magazine

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from The Lady's Magazine, a London publication in circulation from 1770 to 1837. Dating from 1817, the plate illustrates a walking dress.

The spelling of 'Dress' at the foot of this plate still includes the long 'S'. John Bell, the founder of a rival magazine called La Belle Assembleé, is said to have been the first publisher to discard the long 'S'.

The Lady's Magazine was the first English magazine to import French plates, doing so some time after 1785. The French text was altered to include the title, 'The Lady's Magazine' and a brief description of the outfit was added in English.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-796-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.RHI 22.2
Date:	1817 1825
Material:	Paper. Inscription: Ball Dress. Invented by Miss Pierpoint.
Dimensions:	8.10" x 4.70"
What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	Miss Pierpoint (Dress Designer) The Lady's Magazine
Where:	England, London
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Description:	Fashion plate showing a ball dress, invented by Miss Pierpoint, from The Lady's Magazine, number 7, 1825
References:	Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 73-4. Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 64.
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