Madame de St. Aubin in costume as the Provencale villager Primerose from the opera by Nicolas Dalayrac, that debuted in 1798. She wears an apron over a short-sleeved dress. The hat tied with a kerchief started a fashion. St Aubin dans Primerose. Costume d'une villageoise Provencale. 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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