The Fashions of the Day – or Time Past and Time Present: The Year (1740) a Lady's Full Dress of Bombazeen – The Year (1808) Lady's Undress of Bum-be-seen, ca. 1808, Hand-colored etching, Plate: 8 11/16 x 12 15/16 in. (22 x 32.8 cm), Prints, Anonymous, Irish, 19th century, After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760–1809 London), An Irish publisher pirated this print from a design issued in London. Title and image contrast contemporary taste for revealing classically inspired frocks with more modest historical styles. Low-necked, high-waisted dresses made of nearly translucent white muslin became fashionable in France in the late 1790s, were introduced to Britain shortly afterward, and held sway through the early Regency period
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Fashions, Day, Time Past, Present, Year, 1740, Lady, Full Dress, Bombazeen, 1808, Undress, Bum, ca, Hand-colored etching, Plate, 8 11/16 x 12 15/16, 22 32.8 cm, Prints, Anonymous, Irish, 19th century, After George Moutard Woodward, British, ca., 1760–1809, London, publisher, pirated, print, design issued, Title, image contrast, contemporary, taste, revealing classically, inspired, frocks, modest historical, styles, Low-necked, high-waisted dresses, nearly translucent, white, muslin, fashionable, France, late 1790s, introduced, Britain shortly, afterward, held sway, early Regency, period
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