ab. 1785 Suit (coat, waistcoat, breeches) (France)
silk velvet, silk satin, silver colored metal thread, silk
(Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin)
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Le subterfuge de Chérubin
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Joseph Wright of Derby - A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany (1789)
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The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli, 1781
Archive Print Collector/Getty
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Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837)
"The Bouquet" (c. 1783)
Oil on canvas
Currently in a private collection
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Robe a l’Anglaise
Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780
Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter
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Another one of these. A horse godmother, according to The Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, is "a large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of lady". (Captain Grose also includes a definition for her younger counterpart who is a bit more familiar to modern folks, the tomboy).
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Bodice
1780s
The John Bright Collection
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The Countess and Susanna in "The Marriage Of Figaro" by Mozart, sapphic version
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A fan printed with the names and boxes of subscribers for the 1787 and 1788 seasons at the King's Theatre.
"Renting a box at the opera for a season was a mark of social standing. These fans would have been a practical accessory in a hot theatre and useful for knowing who else might be there."
Victoria & Albert Museum
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1774-1792 Silk court suit (French)
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Rooster, hen, and chick, 1789, Japan.
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Moses Haughton - An Owl (1780-90)
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Beige Floral Cotton Dress, 1780-1785, English.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Michel Garnier (1753-1829)
"A Fashionably Dressed Young Woman in the Arcade of the Palais Royal" (1787)
Oil on canvas
Currently in a private collection
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