Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion
June 13 2024
Picture: The National Trust for Scotland
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Trust for Scotland have recently opened an exhibition dedicated to the fashion found in Allan Ramsay's female portraits. Entitled Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion, the show brings together a significant group of portraits in the Trust's care which have only recently be conserved and redisplayed.
According to the website:
The display explores how vital it was for a painter in the 1700s to be familiar with dress styles, materials and accessories because fashion was a key signifier of good taste. New research lays out the trades involved in fashion – from the milliners to the mantua-makers – along Edinburgh’s High Street, and sets this against the fashion for portraiture in the mid-18th century.
The display at The Georgian House in Ediburgh will run until 24th November 2024.
