Richard Wilkinson, British School Companion Portraits Black The bustle had also made

The bustle had also made a comeback (although you can’t see it here) and bonnets were more ‘hat-like’ than previous decades

The etching is printed onto vellum and a version of the same was previously exhibited at the Royal Academy

As you can see

is the patron saint of Naples and his bones are preserved at Naples Cathedral

Richard Wilkinson, British School Companion Portraits Black The bustle had also madeThis utterly charming pair of portraits by artist, Richard Wilkinson, depict a married couple. She wears an off the shoulder black evening dress that tucks in at the middle and opens out into a bell shape. While he wears a black suit with a waistcoat and cravat. The styles match those typically worn in the late 1830s, early 1840s. Both are seated before a landscape, which was probably imagined by the artist or taken from a prop. Her backdrop includes