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TitleThe Court at St. James's

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1766

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching with engraving on laid paper

Dimensions6 1/4 × 6 in. (15.8 × 15.2 cm)

LocationLewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10713290

Accession number766.00.00.12

SubjectsPrints, BritishSaint James's Palace (London, England)Courts and courtiers in artClothing and dress in art

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Leading the Fashion: The Material Culture of London’s Beau Monde

Hannah Greig

Gender, Taste, and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700–1830

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF London’s beau monde as matchless masters of fashion is a compelling feature of eighteenth-century commentary. Whether celebrated or despised, the representation of this metropolitan set as the...

Author

Hannah Greig

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.293-310

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00205.013

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20188&redirecttoanchor=50620

Chapter subject tags:Early modern, 1500-1800--HistoryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryMaterial culture--Great Britain--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--18th centuryAristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--18th centuryConsumer (Economics)--England--18th century

3. Dressing for Court: Sartorial Politics and Fashion News in the Age of Mary Delany

Hannah Greig

Mrs. Delany and her Circle

The fragments of what were believed to be Mary Delany’s famous “court dress” have proved a tantalizing jigsaw. Despite some being remade into other items (such as firescreens) when passed down through generations, the association of the striking fabric pieces with the eighteenth-century court, family heritage, and Mrs. Delany herself has stood the test of time. As revealed in the...

Author

Hannah Greig

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.80-91

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19561&redirecttoanchor=50620

Chapter subject tags:Great Britain--Politics and government--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryGreat Britain--Court and courtiers--History--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryDelany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Art and society--Britain--History--18th century

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