A Lady with the Emblems of Spring in the Dress of April 1771 (Primary Title)
Ladies Magazine (Series Title)
Fashion Plate (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

1771
English
Prints
Works On Paper
hand-colored engraving on laid paper mounted overall to blue paper support
Mount (blue paper support): 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33.02 cm)
Sheet (trimmed to plateline): 7 × 4 7/16 in. (17.78 × 11.27 cm)
40.9.137
Not on view
Printed above image in center: Engraved for the Ladies Magazine. Printed beneath image: A Lady with the Emblems of Spring/ in the Dress of April 1771. Inscribed in ink on verso of mount: This is the original/ of the first plate/ ever printed for/ a dressmaker to/ copy- 1770- up/ to this __(illegible) dolls/ were dressed and/ rented out as/ models- [refers to 40.9.138, mounted on same sheet]. Six months later/ this the second/ fashion plate was/ issued- they/ were so successful/ that the publishers/ began to use them/ in the magazine/ The Lady- The Lady's/ Pocket magazine- Ackermann's/ Repository of Arts- La Belle Assemblée etc-
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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