Modes de Paris (Primary Title)
Petit Courrier des Dames (Series Title)
Fashion Plate (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

1822
French
Prints
Works On Paper
hand colored engraving on wove paper, mounted overall to blue paper support
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (21.59 × 13.34 cm)
Plate: 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (19.37 × 11.75 cm)
Mount (blue paper support): 10 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (26.04 × 32.07 cm)
40.9.340
Not on view
Printed in upper margin: 1822. Modes de Paris. No. 94. Printed beneath image in center: Petit Courrier des Dames/ Rue Meslée No. 25./ Redingotte doublée de lévantine, Cravatte de Soie, Gillet de piqué blanc. Inscribed in ink in lower margin: 1822. Inscribed in graphite on verso of mount: Rare men's fashions.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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