…it so. This dress represents mourning for Queen Charlotte, who had died on November 17. The Lord Chamberlain announced that full mourning for the Queen should commence on November 22….

Gallery of Fashion, December 1796. “Half Mourning Dress. Mourning Dress.” Besides being mourning attire, it is difficult to categorize these dresses as evening full dress, or perhaps evening half-dress. However,…

…cloak on the left sounds, in the description, as though it was in the deep black of full mourning, but it can barely been seen. In other times of mourning,…

La Belle Assemblée, December 1818. “Carriage Dress.” This dress represents mourning for Queen Charlotte, who had died on November 17. The Lord Chamberlain announced that full mourning for the Queen…

…incorporates white (full mourning would be stark black), and as it was 2 months since the popular princess’s death, half-mourning would have been appropriate. Mourning, at least for a public…

…black shawl, not mentioned in the description below, adds an additional note of mourning, As evening dresses are seen in the magazines for both full and half mourning, clearly one…

…first mourning is now out, but the second mourning [ie half-mourning] which is to continue for some time longer, affords more variety. … Black and white is the costume of…

…made of striped black satin, which would not have been appropriate for deep mourning. It would have been acceptable for slight mourning or half mourning. There does not appear to…

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, December 1817. “Evening Dress” This mourning dress commemorates the death of Princess Charlotte who had died on November 6, 1817 at age 21, after giving birth…

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, December 1818. “Walking Dress” This mourning ensemble honors the death of Queen Charlotte, who had died on November 17. It is full mourning, the black unrelieved…