Woman in costume as a Chaperone. In hood, gown with slashed sleeves, jeweled bodice, ribboned skirts, holding a stick and lunettes. Duegne. Handcoloured steel engraving by Antoine Monnin 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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