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Margaret Nevile Rolfe, on the bottom right of the picture, has a very small waist. She is clearly wearing a corset underneath her clothes. The women may also be wearing bustles. Bustles made the dress bigger at the back. By wearing both a corset and a bustle Victorian women could acentuate their hip...

Group portrait of Marie, Alfred, Charles, Herbert, Jane and Margaret Neville Rolfe, c. 1880

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Margaret Nevile Rolfe, on the bottom right of the picture, has a very small waist. She is clearly wearing a corset underneath her clothes. The women may also be wearing bustles. Bustles made the dress bigger at the back. By wearing both a corset and a bustle Victorian women could acentuate their hips and waist.
Document Reference: GUN 167

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5th Mar 2007

Subjects:
 History

Key Stages:
 Key Stage 2

Keywords:
victorian, victorians, costume, photograph, portrait

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