Dust jacket notes by Laura Ashley: "I first stepped over the threshold of Platt Hall two years ago and the hours I have spent there since have been a total enchantment to me. In one of the prettiest buildings in England is housed a collection of costumes expressing the hopes and dreams, as well as the duties and orderliness, of the town and country people of the region during the 18th and 19th centuries. The poignancy of the collection is heightened by the fact that the era it represents coincides with the focus of calico printing on Manchester itself. Here you will find both the rich silks and embroideries of court dress, and the no less appealing printed cottons of local manufacture. The farmers' and mill-owners' wives of Cheshire and Lancashire used these wonderful printed cottons and chintzes to create exquisite gowns for special occasions, and simple dresses for morning wear. You can see the respectable day dresses, millinery and lace of the urban middle classes, together with the aprons, cloaks and handsome workwear of country women, giving a total picture of a vanished culture."

Antique Print: Countess Jersey Lady Clementina Villiers Duchess Of Manchester/Wellington. Caption below print: 'Costumes from the fancy dress ball in aid of the Royal Academy of Music : the Countess of Jersey as "Night"; Lady Clementina Villiers, attendant star of "Night"; the Duchess of Manchester as "Cybele", the Duchess of Wellington as the "Moon"'. Type: Antique engraved print. Date of printing: 1856. Size: 17.5 x 23.5cm, 6.75 x 9.25 inches (Medium), 421 sq cm. Artist, cartographer or engraver: Unsigned. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. However, please note: Verso text quite apparent; Light spotting; The image shown may have been scanned from a different example of this print than that which is offered for sale: The print you will receive is in Good condition but there may be minor variations in the condition compared to that shown in the image. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. This print has been scanned in black and white, however any foxing or spotting highlighted in this statement may appear brown on the actual print.Verso: There are images and/or text printed on the reverse side of the picture. In some cases this may be visible o... [Read More]

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Fleshing out surfaces is the first English-language book on skin and flesh tones in art. It considers flesh and skin in art theory, image making and medical discourse in seventeenth to nineteenth-century France. Describing a gradual shift between the early modern and the modern period, it argues that what artists made when imitating human nakedness was not always the same. Initially understood in terms of the body's substance, of flesh tones and body colour, it became increasingly a matter of skin, skin colour and surfaces. Each chapter is dedicated to a different notion of skin and its colour, from flesh tones via a membrane imbued with nervous energy to hermetic borderline. Looking in particular at works by Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoist and Ingres, the focus is on portraits, as facial skin is a special arena for testing painterly skills and a site where the body and the image become equally expressive.

Physical description; 30 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's clothing - England - History. Clothing and dress - England - History. Children's costumes - England - History.

Stretched Canvas Wall Art for your Home or Office. Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, England In The Late 19Th Nineteenth Century. From Our Own Country Published 1898. was carefully reproduced on only the finest Canvas which beautifully details the visual colors and elements of the original work of art. Your museum quality Canvas Art piece was faithfully reproduced using ultra-precision print technology and fade-resistant archival inks on artist premium acid-free grade canvas. The overall dimensions are 16 x 12 inches and this fine Strecthced Canvas Wall Art includes hooks and wiring so that it is ready to hang right out of

Stretched Canvas Wall Art for your Home or Office. Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, England In The Late 19Th Nineteenth Century. From Our Own Country Published 1898. was carefully reproduced on only the finest Canvas which beautifully details the visual colors and elements of the original work of art. Your museum quality Canvas Art piece was faithfully reproduced using ultra-precision print technology and fade-resistant archival inks on artist premium acid-free grade canvas. The overall dimensions are 32 x 24 inches and this fine Strecthced Canvas Wall Art includes hooks and wiring so that it is ready to hang right out of