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Fashion plate, possibly from The World of Fashion

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from a scrap album containing a selection of 19th century fashion plates. The plate may possibly be from The World of Fashion, a magazine published in London. The plates's title is, 'Newest Fashions for March 1831'.

The plate illustrates morning, evening and walking dresses, together with various hats and hairstyles. The walking dress on the right has the fashionable 'gigot' or 'leg-of-mutton' sleeves.

The World of Fashion (1824-91), published many inferior copies of French plates but, during its early years, it produced good quality plates engraved by William Wolfe Alais, en engraver who exhibited in Royal Academy in 1829 and 1833.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-862-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 154.16
Date:	1831
Material:	Paper. Inscription: Newest Fashions for March 1831. Morning, Evening and Walking Dresses
Dimensions:	14.80" x 10.00"
What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	World of Fashion
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Description:	Fashion plate showing hats, hairstyles, boas and a muff, possibly from the World of Fashion, March 1831
References:	Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 67 & 157.
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