Rear view of woman in the fashions of 1798. She wears a satin hood cap edged in tulle, a laced bodice with a shawl tied behind. Silk and pearl ornaments on the bottom of the dress. Capote en satin bordee en tule. Schall noue par derriere corsage lace. Agremens en soie et en perles au bas de la robe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1798. The illustrations in volume 1 were by Carle Vernet, Claude Louis Desrais and Philibert Louis Debucourt.

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