Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. "A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice. It barely hangs on the shoulders, shows a little of the stomach, and seems at any moment about to detach itself and reveal all." Handcoloured engraving by Gatine from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.

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