Lady's Monthly Museum, October 1802

This issue has two color plates. The two plates in my edition are inserted or bound between pages 276 and 277. The first is labelled "Morning Dress for Oct. 1802" while the second reads "Afternoon Dress for Oct. 1802." On page 276 the original text reads as follows.

Cabinet of Fashion,

WITH ELEGANT COLOURED PLATES.

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MORNING DRESSES.

1. A hat of blue satin, with a white lace veil. A black lace spencer over a plain white muslin dress. Black shoes; brown tan gloves.

2. A pink satin Parisian bonnnet, with pink ostrich feathers. A short pelice [sic] of pink muslin. A plain dress with a shirt handkerchief, gloves grey, and shoes scarlet.

FULL DRESSES.

3. A turban of pink crape, with a bandeau of white satin, and ostrich feathers, tipped with pink. An upper robe of white lace, ornamented with gold; the sleeves hanging loose, and the breasts fastened with gold clasps. The dress pink sarcenet, the gloves and shoes white. A gold filagree necklace, and gold earrings.

4. The head-dress, bandeau, and bows, of blue ribbon. The dress yellow muslin, with a lace ruff on the neck. A drapery of lilac crape, fastened with blue ribbon, and hanging loose from the shoulder behind, with a border of blue embroidered. The shoes blue.

This month's issue opens with an engraving labelled "Mrs. Siddons." The opening piece is a two-page biography of the famous actress.