Popular style or practice in clothing, personal adornment, or decorative arts

Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.

Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.

London, seen from Greenwich. Engraving, 1754.

A boy dressed in checked trousers and a top hat is leaning against a lamp post as a policeman speaks to him. Coloured lithograph after J.V. Barret, ca 1860.

The Physic Garden, Chelsea: men botanizing in the garden, near the statue of Sir Hans Sloane, 1750. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles after H. G. Glindoni, 1890.

Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.

A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.

Sadler's Wells, as it was in 1737, with fashionable water-drinkers. Wood engraving, [post 1840].

James Rae, James Hay, William Laing, and his niece, Miss Laing, standing on some planks. Etching by J. Kay, 1786.

A man holds out his hand to a weeping woman [Fidelia]. Engraving by Springwell after R. Corbould, 1792.

A couple in fashionable dress. Woodcut by Hans Schäufelein, 15--.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.5 x 9.5 cm

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

1 print : engraving ; image 16.4 x 26.9 cm

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 15.3 x 26.8 cm

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 13.8 x 11.3 cm

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

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A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

Fashion

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fashion

Works from the collections

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

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