Three Parisian graces, circa 1800. Three unattractive maids wear the latest Paris fashions. "It's certainly true that in fashion a servile herd of imitators abounds. Even the ugliest cannot wait to adopt fashions that suit others better." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.

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