Merveilleuse: Chapeau à l’Anglaise, Spencer à l’Anglaise

Designer Horace Vernet French
Engraver Georges Jacques Gatine French

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Hand-colored engraving with design for the costume of a Merveilleuse, part of the book "Incroyables et Merveilleuses," with 33 costume plates designed by Horace Vernet and engraved by Georges Jacques Gatine, published ca. 1815 in Paris. The costume in this plate consists of a straw bonnet with a white bow and white ribbon tied around the chin, a Spencer walking dress with long-sleeved pink top and ankle-length white skirt, and yellow flat button-up booties. A soft pink fichu with striped borders executed with a darker shade of pink is tied around the neck, pushing the scallop-edged white lace collar of the dress closer to the chin. The waist is marked by a white belt, tied to form a large bow with loose tails at the back. Green gloves and a closed green parasole with wooden cane complete the outfit.

Merveilleuse: Chapeau à l’Anglaise, Spencer à l’Anglaise, Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789–1863 Paris), Hand colored engraving

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