Caricature of French and English costumes, circa 1815. "The small size of English ladies' hats, the excessive length of their bodices and mean cut of their dresses contrast with our Parisian fashions." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.

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