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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/26
Former ReferenceD5459/3/48
TitleFashion
Date2 Apr 1801
DescriptionA couple dressed in the height of fashion. On the right is a man dressed in hessian boots, long trousers, a jean-de-brie coat, and a high starched cravat. He has his hair in a brutus crop and is wearing a round hat. He is facing the woman on the left, and says:
"How I shall quiz the flashy Bankers Clerks - when I go back again to Tooley Street - they dress well enough to be sure but then they have not the manner of us at the West end of the Town."

On the left a slightly stout woman in an empire-line dress, shawl, veil and slippers, admires the man through a quizzing glass. She replies:
"That's what I say of the Ladies, I don't find fault with their dress - but they want the stile of us Women of Fashion."
Available on CD 162.
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationWoodward Del : Rowlandson Scul
Pubd April 2nd 1801 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
Physical DescriptionHand-coloured print. Size 280 x 228 mm. Portrait
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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