Dress worn by a bride during the wedding ceremony

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The wise virgins take their lamps to the newly married couple; the foolish virgins sleep. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after D.H. Friston.

A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

The wedding outfits of a couple on hangers beside a table with a wedding bouquet of flowers representing an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A young couple visiting a draper's shop to choose material for a wedding gown. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after W. Mulready.

The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.

A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

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Wedding costume

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A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

The wedding outfits of a couple on hangers beside a table with a wedding bouquet of flowers representing an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

Wedding costume

Images from the collections

Images referencing Wedding costume

Works from the collections

A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

The wedding outfits of a couple on hangers beside a table with a wedding bouquet of flowers representing an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

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