Fashion plate (c1858)
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![Fashion plate c 1858 illustration](/images/Fashion_Plate__c.1858_.jpg")
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Image of a fashion plate engraved and hand-coloured for an early Victorian ladies' magazine. Notice the addition of tartan to the dress design, a pattern much favoured and made fashionable by Queen Victoria.
Location: R Crompton Rhodes Collection of Fashion Plates No.131. Early and Fine Printing Collection F391 S623
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