This year’s theme was “Gilded Glamour and White Tie”. The theme honours a period of rapid prosperity, industrialization and growth in the US from 1870 to 1890. Due to the innovation of steam-power looms and electricity, fabric was produced quickly and inexpensively. This meant women’s dresses often featured a combination of many textiles, like satin, silk, velvet, and fringe, all adorned with over-the-top textures like lace, bows, frills, and ruffles.

Artists featured in this Curation: Alfred Emile Léopold Joseph Victor Stevens (1823–1906), Daniel Macnee (1806–1882), Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805–1892), William Quiller Orchardson (1832–1910), Frederick Sandys (1829–1904), Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), Charles West Cope (1811–1890), Frederick Sargent (1837–1899), Marcel Johann Zadorecki, John Everett Millais (1829–1896), and 29 more See all

46 artworks

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Image credit: City of London Corporation

Winter c.1876
Alfred Emile Léopold Joseph Victor Stevens (1823–1906)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 25 cm
City of London Corporation

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Image credit: Her Majesty's Court Service, Preston Crown Court

Reverend John Shepherd Birley (1805–1883) c.1876–1877
Daniel Macnee (1806–1882)
Oil on canvas
H 240 x W 120 cm
Her Majesty's Court Service, Preston Crown Court

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Image credit: City of London Corporation

Autumn c.1876
Alfred Emile Léopold Joseph Victor Stevens (1823–1906)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 25 cm
City of London Corporation

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Image credit: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Woman in White 1872
Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805–1892)
Oil on canvas
H 53.3 x W 43.1 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

The Artist's Wife, Ellen Moxon (c.1854–1917), Lady Orchardson 1872
William Quiller Orchardson (1832–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 191 x W 119.5 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Image credit: Norwich Civic Portrait Collection, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery

Edward Howes (1813–1871) 1872
Frederick Sandys (1829–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 113 x W 89 cm
Norwich Civic Portrait Collection, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery

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Image credit: The Courtauld

Portrait of a Woman 1872–1875
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 46.1 cm
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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Image credit: Bridgeman Images

George Herbert and His Mother 1872
Charles West Cope (1811–1890)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 61 cm
Gallery Oldham

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Image credit: Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation

The 3rd Earl of Bradford (1819–1898) 1872
Frederick Sargent (1837–1899)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 23 cm
Weston Park

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Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

Yes or No? 1872
Charles West Cope (1811–1890)
Oil on panel
H 76.8 x W 63.8 cm
Walker Art Gallery

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Image credit: The Whitaker

Judith 1872
Marcel Johann Zadorecki (active 1872–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 96.5 x W 71.1 cm
The Whitaker

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Image credit: Tate

Hearts are Trumps 1872
John Everett Millais (1829–1896)
Oil on canvas
H 165.7 x W 219.7 cm
Tate

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Image credit: Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Miss Helen Faucit (1814–1898), Actress 1873
Rudolf Lehmann (1819–1905)
Oil on canvas
H 134.6 x W 101 cm
Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

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Image credit: Townley Valuation Services Ltd.

Ellen Dana Conway (1833–1897) 1873
Arthur Hughes (1832–1915)
Oil on panel
H 62 x W 43 cm
Conway Hall

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Image credit: York Museums Trust

Cache-cache 1873
Guglielmo Innocenti (active c.1872–1887)
Oil on wood
H 33.7 x W 26.7 cm
York Museums Trust

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Image credit: National Trust Images

Charlotte Marion Baird (1851/1852–1937), Countess of Enniskillen 1873
Henry Richard Graves (1818–1882)
Oil on canvas
H 127.5 x W 101.5 cm
National Trust, Florence Court

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Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Mrs Gilbert Farquhuar Davidson 1873
Jules Louis Machard (1839–1900)
Oil on canvas
H 136 x W 100.5 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

The Toilet 1870
William Powell Frith (1819–1909)
Oil on canvas
H 78.9 x W 64.5 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Image credit: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Reading 1871
Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805–1892)
Oil on canvas
H 38.5 x W 29 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Image credit: The Paxton Trust

Jean Milne Home 1870
Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens (1829–1915)
Oil on canvas
H 125.8 x W 100 cm
The Paxton Trust

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Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

Ideal Portrait of Lady Macbeth 1870
Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 128.2 x W 102.5 cm
Walker Art Gallery

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Mrs Spencelayh c.1875
Charles Spencelayh (1865–1958) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 39 x W 34 cm
Guildhall Museum, Rochester

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Image credit: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Blonde and Brunette 1870s
Henry Guillaume Schlesinger (1814–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 64 x W 52 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Image credit: Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation

Lady Ida (1848–1936), Viscountess Newport, afterwards Countess of Bradford 1870
unknown artist
Hand-tinted photograph
H 7 x W 5.7 cm
Weston Park

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Image credit: The Box, Plymouth

Dr J. C. Cookworthy 1870
Francis Lane (active 1864–1870)
Oil on canvas
H 90 x W 69 cm
The Box, Plymouth

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Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust

The Right Honourable Jesse Collings (1831–1920) 1881
Jonathan Pratt (1835–1911)
Oil on canvas
H 127.5 x W 101.3 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust

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Image credit: National Trust Images

The Honourable Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester (1802–1885), Countess of Chesterfield 1874
Frederick Percy Graves (1837–1903)
Oil on panel
H 58.5 x W 47 cm
National Trust, Hughenden Manor

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Image credit: Nantgarw China Works Museum

Alice Burford Rawlings, née Pardoe (1814–1885) c.1837
Henry Spurrier Parkman (1814–1864)
Oil on canvas
H 74.5 x W 62.3 cm
Nantgarw China Works Museum

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Image credit: Girton College, University of Cambridge

Katharine Jex-Blake
Herman Herkomer (1863–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 62 cm
Girton College, University of Cambridge

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Image credit: Birmingham Museums Trust

Naughty Pet
Henry Wyatt (1794–1840)
Oil on canvas
H 35.6 x W 28 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust

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Image credit: National Trust Images

Juliana Pole-Carew (1812–1881), Lady Robartes 1839
Robert Thorburn (1818–1885)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 54.5 cm
National Trust, Lanhydrock

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Image credit: Government Art Collection

Lady Skating on Ice 1882
Ludovico Marchetti (1853–1909)
Oil on panel
H 25 x W 20 cm
Government Art Collection

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Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery

Mrs Park Yates 1881
George Elgar Hicks (1824–1914)
Oil on card
H 21 x W 17.2 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery

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Image credit: Kelmarsh Hall

Young Lady in a Feather Hat 1881
Jan van Beers (1852–1927)
Oil on mahogany panel
H 32 x W 22 cm
Kelmarsh Hall

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Image credit: The New Art Gallery Walsall

After Marriage 1881
Arthur Howes Weigall (c.1836–1894)
Oil on canvas
H 89 x W 68.5 cm
The New Art Gallery Walsall

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Image credit: National Trust Images

Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612–1642) 1881
Charles François Felu (1830–1900)
Oil on canvas
H 77 x W 61.5 cm
National Trust, Kingston Lacy

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Image credit: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

The First Born 1881
Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans (1811–1888)
Oil on panel
H 49.5 x W 38 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

The Umbrellas about 1881-6
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 180.3 x W 114.9 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Mrs William Lawrie 1881
William McTaggart (1835–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 90.8 x W 60.4 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Image credit: National Trust Images

Flora St Clair Paint (d.1905), Mrs Samuel Theodore Mander 1881
George Frederick Chester (c.1840–1913)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 63 cm
National Trust, Wightwick Manor

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Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Phyllis 1880
George Clausen (1852–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 30 cm
Gallery Oldham

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Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

Schoolgirls 1880
George Clausen (1852–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 52.1 x W 77.2 cm
Yale Center for British Art

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Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery

Lady in White Dress Holding Flowers 1880
George Elgar Hicks (1824–1914)
Oil on card
H 36.8 x W 26 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery

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Image credit: Royal Academy of Music

Julia Neilson-Terry (1868–1957), FRAM, as Drusilla Ives in 'The Dancing Girl' 1891
John Collier (1850–1934)
Oil on canvas
H 233 x W 145 cm
Royal Academy of Music

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