Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
Anna Reynolds
344 pages
From the practical everyday dress of laundry maids to the spectacular glittering costumes worn on formal court occasions, the clothing of the Georgian era reveals much about this revolutionary period of British history. Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians explores the ways in which fashion trends reflected the era’s cultural and political upheavals and how trade, travel, technological advances and influences from abroad all fed into the flourishing of diverse contemporary styles.
In this richly illustrated book, previously unpublished examples of surviving dress and accessories are paired with artworks from eighteenth-century periodicals and paintings by such popular artists as Gainsborough, Zoffany and Hogarth to provide fresh insights into the unique holdings of the Royal Collection.
Accompanies the exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace during 2023.
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
Discover Georgian fashion and style, from the practical dress of laundry maids to the glittering gowns worn at court.
- Hardback
- 275 x 290 mm
- More than 300 colour illustrations
- ISBN 9781909741850
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William Hogarth (1697-1764)
David Garrick with his wife Eva-Maria Veigel
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88)
Queen Charlotte (1744-1818)
Attributed to British School, 18th century
St James's Park and the Mall
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88)
Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800)
Attributed to the studio of François-Hubert Drouais (1727-75)
Madame de Pompadour (1722-64)
William Hogarth (1697-1764)
David Garrick with his wife Eva-Maria Veigel
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)