Add to albumThis hand-coloured fashion plate is from the Le Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly fashion magazine published in Paris. The plate is one of a series entitled, 'Modes de Paris' and illustrates outfits for a man and a young boy. Engraved by Damours, it is dated 31 March 1835.
The outfits have been created for a day at the races at Longchamps in Paris. They may have been designed by 'Bouchoz'.
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: 000-100-087-169-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.RHI 24.9
- Date: 1823 - 1861
1835
- Material: Inscription: Modes de Paris
Paper. Inscription: Toilettes d'Homme et d'enfant executees pour Long-champs
Document / plate, fashion
Plate, fashion
- Dimensions: 8.90" x 5.50"
- What: Document / plate, fashion
Plate, fashion
- Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
Fashion plates
- Who: Bouchoz (Designer)
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 'toilettes d'homme et d'enfant executees pour long-champs', possibly designed by Bouchoz, from Petit Courrier des Dames, Paris, number 1147, 31 March, 1835
- References:
- Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 98.
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