French woman in costume as Madame de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721-1764). With plume in her hair, pink gown over white lace petticoats decorated with a large medallion of doves, holding fan and mask. Handcoloured steel engraving by Millin and Lacouriere after an illustration by Francois Claudius Compte-Calix from Les travestissements élégants, Elegant Fancy Dress Costumes, Les Modes Parisiennes, Paris, 1853.

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