A fashion plate showing the figure of a woman in an afternoon or half dress, wearing a head-dress with a large toupee frizzed into light curls and wreathed with white flowers. The robe and petticoat of striped muslin and braided in back and tied at the waist with a belt. The robe is trimmed with last at the neck and wrists
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Plate from the October 1794 issue of: Heideloff, N. Gallery of fashion., and "Fig. 26."--Top of image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs October 1, 1794, by N. Neideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office
A fashion plate showing the figure of a woman in an evening dress, wearing a turban decorated with ostrich feathers and several diamonds. Her robe is scallopped as are the short sleeves; the robe is trimmed round the neck with lace. She wears large pearl earrings, a diamond necklace and large gold upper bracelets
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Appears in the March 1796 issue of: Heideloff, N. Gallery of fashion., and "Fig. 90."--Top of image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs October 1, 1794, by N. Neideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office
Attributed to Horace Walpole in the British Museum catalogue. Now known not to have been created by Walpole or printed at Strawberry Hill. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Horace Walpole, page 173 and his Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press, pages 145-148., A set of cards with moral maxims printed on fronts and backs in black and red ink: e.g., "Poverty is the fruit of idleness, Small griefs are loud, great ones still ...", All engraved with decorative border., and Imperfect set: one card lacking and printed leaf of Explanation. For further information, consult library staff.