Woman in victim-style criss-cross ribbon dress, 1798. She holds a fan and a letter. Her casual hairstyle is tied in a kerchief. The dress open-pointed in the back, with victim-style crossed ribbons on the back and short sleeves. Coiffure négligée en fichu. Robe échancrée sur le dos, Croisures à la Victime. 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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