Parisian shop-girl in casual morning gown, 26 March 1798. She wears a turban, white chemise and striped skirt. She is shown carrying flowers and a shopping bag at the Marché des quinze-vingts (12th arrondissement). Grisette en neglige du matin, fuisant sa provision au marche des quinze-vingts, 28 Germinal An 6. 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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