Walking Dress – Summer 1822

Regency Era Coastal Promenade Dress and Windy Beach Setting

This original August 1812 fashion plate from Ackermann’s Repository of Arts depicts a dynamic seaside promenade ensemble tailored for breezy coastal weather. The hand-colored antique print illustrates a woman walking along a sandy shoreline near large coastal rocks, with historical horse-drawn bathing machines and a distant sailboat visible on the ocean horizon. She wears an elegant, high-waisted olive green pelisse gown featuring a row of delicate central buttons running down the fitted bodice, capturing the outdoor leisure lifestyle of early nineteenth-century British high society.

Early 19th-Century Animated Fashion Layout with Pet Dog and Windblown Shawl

The composition is highly unique for its sense of movement, showcasing a long, voluminous rose pink silk shawl billowing dramatically in the wind behind the subject. A small brown and white pet spaniel dog trots playfully at her feet, adding a rare lively narrative element to the historical costume illustration. The lady holds a closed, dark-ribbed parasol in one hand while raising her other gloved hand to steady her green checkered bonnet, which is lavishly decorated with pink floral trim and secured with a lace chin strap to complete this exceptional maritime scene.