Fashion plate, from The Repository of Arts

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a scrap album containing a selection of 19th century plates. The plate is from The Repository of Arts, a monthly magazine published in London by Rudolph Ackermann. Dated 1 January, 1821, it illustrates a promenade dress.

The high-waisted dress has a matching wide-brimmed bonnet trimmed with flowers. In her hand, the woman holds a large fur muff - a cylindrical covering of fur into which the hands are placed for warmth.

Unlike many of the early fashion magazines, The Repository of Arts maintained a high standard of fashion plate throughout its existence. It was in publication from 1808 until 1829.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-856-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 154.10
• Date: 1821
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: Promenade Dress
  Document / plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 14.80" x 10.00"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates
  
• Who: Ackermann's Repository of Arts
  
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• Description: Fashion plate showing a promenade dress with a bonnet, muff and shawl, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1 January 1821
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 56-7. 
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