Woman in very formal wear. She wears flowers in her braided hairstyle, velvet shawl with embroidered ends, low-cut gown, coral necklace and gloves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, An 12, February 1804. Illustrations by Carle Vernet, Jean-Francois Bosio, Dominique Bosio and Philibert Louis Debucourt, engraved by Pierre-Charles Baquoy.

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