Lady’s Monthly Museum, August 1812.
“Evening Dress.”
In April of 1812, this magazine began offering original fashion prints, after many years of copying them from other publications. That first original print from April 1812 is quite lovely. You can see it here. But starting in May, and throughout the rest of 1812 through April of 1813, the magazine clearly employed a different artist with a very distinct style with elongated figures that always seem a bit off to me. This print, though, is one of his more successful designs. The more talented artist reappears in May 1813.
The print was engraved and signed by William Hopwood, who provided fashion prints for several of the ladies’ magazines at this time.
This dress was “invented” by Mrs. Osgood, of Lower Brook-Street.
The print is described, very briefly, in the magazine as follows:
“Evening Dress,–of white satin, with stomacher-front, with silver lacing and tassels, white shoes, and gloves. The hair dressed in the style of the court-beauties of Charles II.”
