July wallpaper: Wear sunscreen
June 28, 2009
The Ackermann’s Repository wallpaper for July is now available from Solitary Elegance! It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the ladies are showing off their best promenade dresses (1809 and 1811, respectively), with veils and parasols to protect themselves from the sunshine. While Tom Bertram debates which, if any, of the ladies are “out”, he can also peruse this month’s Fashions for Gentlemen and choose the most fashionable color for his morning coat.
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Love the green spencer on that pert 1811 lady ! Every SE Wallpaper is a fresh masterpiece. Rudolph Ackermann pioneered new technology, he’d be pleased to see these lovely plates celebrated 200 years on. Thanks, Elegant Lady.
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Out? what context is this word used?
Hi James,
The quotation on this month’s wallpaper is taken from chapter 5 of Mansfield Park. Mary Crawford has been asking Edmund Bertram whether Fanny Price is “out” in society; i.e., does she attend balls, assemblies, and other grown-up events, and is she eligible for courtship and marriage? In the course of the conversation Tom Bertram recalls meeting two young ladies and making the mistake of talking to the one who was not yet “out” when he should have been paying his attentions to the other. As their dress (the veils and parasols seen on this month’s wallpaper) and manners were identical, Tom couldn’t determine to which lady it was appropriate to speak and which lady was too young.