Modern Oddities by P. Pry Esq., Plate 1st: The Sleeves Curiously Cut, Ay There's the Villainy - vide Shakespeare, June 30, 1829, Hand-colored etching, plate: 10 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (25.7 x 36.2 cm), Prints, William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, London 1795–1840 Hampstead), During the second quarter of the nineteenth century women’s fashions in Britain shifted away from a Neoclassical silhouette. Tightly corseted bodices returned and were accentuated with exaggerated puffed sleeves and full round skirts ending above the ankles to display feet in flat slippers
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Modern Oddities, P, Pry Esq, Plate 1st, Sleeves Curiously Cut, Ay, Villainy, vide Shakespeare, June 30, 1829, Hand-colored etching, plate, 10 1/8 x 14 1/4, 25.7 36.2 cm, Prints, William Heath, 'Paul Pry', British, London, 1795–1840, Hampstead, second quarter, nineteenth century women, fashions, Britain shifted, away, Neoclassical silhouette, Tightly corseted, bodices, returned, accentuated, exaggerated puffed, sleeves, full round, skirts, ending, ankles, display feet, flat slippers
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