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Dress to Impress

A couple in fashionable dress. Woodcut attributed to H. Schäufelein. Is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

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Named witnesses
10
Institutions
3
Last revised
19 August 2026

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• Catalogued Work: An amateur actor in drag holds up his impressive folded dress to one side. Photographic postcard, 191-. Is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection. (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 47 works naming Dress to Impress.)

• Catalogued Work:2: Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. Is dated [1799] and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Catalogued Work:3: Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel. Is dated [between 1720 and 1729?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Catalogued Work:4: A couple in fashionable dress. Woodcut attributed to H. Schäufelein. Is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Catalogued Work:5: A couple in fashionable dress. Woodcut attributed to Hans Schäufelein, 15--. Is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Catalogued Work:6: An "Abor barber" dressing a man's hair. Halftone. Is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Catalogued Work:7: and such like fine knacks, and other delicate dishes, which are most frequently used in gentlemens houses. Is dated 1675 and held by Wellcome Collection.; The gentlewomans cabinet unlocked : wherein is contained many excellent receipts for neat dressing of divers sorts of meats, both flesh and fish, with their proper sauces. Also directions for the best way of making pancakes, fritters, tansies, puddings, custards, cheesecakes (Wellcome Collection catalogue records 47 works naming Dress to Impress.)

• Catalogued Work:8: A young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--. Is dated [between 1700 and 1799] and held by Wellcome Collection.

• Digitised Edition: Dress to impress (2008) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library. (Open Library, catalogue records for “Dress to Impress”)

• Digitised Edition:D5578347: Dress to Impress (2004) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.

• Genre: Dress to Impress is classed in the genre dress-up video game.

• Instance Of: Dress to Impress is recorded as Roblox experience.

• Country: Dress to Impress is associated with United States.

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An amateur actor in drag holds up his impressive folded dress to one side. Photographic postcard, 191-. Is dated [between 1910 and 1919?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. Is dated [1799] and held by Wellcome Collection. A couple in fashionable dress. Woodcut attributed to H.

It is also recorded that an "Abor barber" dressing a man's hair. It is also recorded that the gentlewomans cabinet unlocked : wherein is contained many excellent receipts for neat dressing of divers sorts of meats, both flesh and fish, with their proper sauces. Institutional cataloguing adds that a young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--. Is dated [between 1700 and 1799] and held by Wellcome Collection.

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  • Dress to Impress is associated with United States.

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Dress to Impress (2004) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library. Dress to impress (2008) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.

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scholarly publication

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reference work

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Every cited source · 10
  1. 01

    Dress to impress, Dental Nursing, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 02

    Dress to impress, New Scientist, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 03

    Dress to impress, Physics World, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 04

    Dress to impress, The Lancet, 1998

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 05

    Open Library, catalogue records for “Dress to Impress”

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  6. 06

    “Dress to Impress”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 07

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Dress to Impress.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 08

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Dress to Impress as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 09

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 47 works naming Dress to Impress.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q130535729: Dress to Impress

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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This entry is compiled from 10 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Wellcome Collection and DOAJ. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.

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