La Mode (Primary Title)
Fashion Plate (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

19th century
French
Prints
Works On Paper
hand colored engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (24.77 × 14.92 cm)
40.9.336
Not on view
Signed in plate beneath image in center: C. Hell. f.
Printed beneath image lower left: "H.G.F." and "Pl. XXXIV." Printed beneath image lower right: T.2. Printed beneath image in center: Natte de cheveux entvelacés d'une chaine d'or. Robe de popeline. Manches à l'évêque. Collier et bracelet/ de velours. (Figure du second plan) Robe en batiste de l'Inde des magasins des Dames à la mode, rue des petits Champs, 59./ L'Administration de la Mode est Rue du Helder, No. 25.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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