Woman in costume as the Roman god Mercury. With wings in her hair, silver bodice, black skirts with stars. Mercure. Handcoloured steel engraving by Charles Geoffroy after an illustration by Francois Claudius Compte-Calix from Les travestissements élégants, Elegant Fancy Dress Costumes, Les Modes Parisiennes, Paris, 1853.

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