Untitled [A Regency Woman]

Title

Untitled [A Regency Woman]

Subject

Dancing and Balls

Description

A young woman in late Regency dress, a pale ball gown with short puffed sleeves and her hair dressed up in a knot with ringlets at the temples, shown three-quarters length to left, standing by a panelled wall, hands folded at her breast, head slightly inclined, as if surprised by emotion an trying to catch her breath; curtain in upper right.
Mezzotint

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Great Britain

Publisher

British Museum

Date

c. 1830s

Contributor

With contribution from: British Museum Friends, National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund, Friends of Prints and Drawings, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, Michael Marks Charitable Trust, Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd

Format

Height: 272 mm (trimmed?)
Width: 224 mm (trimmed?)

Type

Print

Original Format

Print on paper

Physical Dimensions

Height: 272 millimetres (trimmed?)
Width: 224 millimetres (trimmed?)

Files

regencywomanballgown.jpg

Reference

Untitled [A Regency Woman], Anonymous, British Museum, c. 1830s

Cite As

Anonymous, “Untitled [A Regency Woman],” Austen's Accomplished Women, accessed March 29, 2024, https://austensaccomplishedwomen.omeka.net/items/show/2.