Lady’s Monthly Museum, August 1800.
“Afternoon Dresses for August 1800.”
The early years of this magazine provided original fashion prints, ie not copied from other publications, as they would be within a few years.
The figure on the left is said to wear a head-dress “of hair only,” although she is clearly wearing a light brownish cap with a feather. Perhaps the artist included the cap on his own, but the editors left the original description intact, so the colorist, following those instructions, painted the whole thing in brown to look like hair.
The print is described in the magazine as follows:
“A plain white muslin gown, with a lace ruff round the neck, rising upon the shoulders; an upper dress of pink muslin, with a cape and skirts of light crimson satin embroidered with silver; and a string of silver rosettes descending rom the waist behind: the skirts open and pointed before. A necklace and ear-rings of coral. Shoes crimson satin. Head-dress of hair only.
“The head-dress, a white muslin cap, fastened under the chin, and trimmed with lace. A short gown and a petticoat of white muslin; a broad cape to the gown, which is open in front, trimmed and fastened with lace. Shoes white leather, and gloves of white net.”
