title: ‘WALES.’
Description: Woman wearing a tall hat with curved rim, a very narrow striped bodice (suggesting that she might have been wearing stays), a striped skirt, apron, a long-sleeved gown and good shoes.
Note: This representation of a very narrow-waisted young woman in fashionable, rather than practical clothes is one of at least three (the others being C. Martin’s ‘Wales, Fancy Ball Companion no 23’ (NLW PA9088) and ‘Wales’ (NLW PA9087). They might have been published in books of fashion plates or comparative folk/national costumes.
Medium: steel engraving
Size: 15.2 x 11.2 cms
Artist: Anon
Engraver: Anon
Printer: Anon
Publisher: Anon
Date: 1850-1870