Costumes anglais: Le Bon Genre 83

3rd in collection of 4 (of 115) hand-colored engraved plates.; group of three soldiers, two women and a child in conversation. 3rd in collection of 4 (of 115) hand-colored engraved plates.; group of three soldiers, two women and a child in conversation. From the series 'Le Bon Genre' which was published over a long period of time, and was one of the many series masterminded by the great entrepreneur in this field, La Mésangère. The best account is by Annemarie Kleinert, 'Le Journal des Dames et des Modes ou la conquête de l'Europe féminine', Stuttgart, 2001, p.356 and passim.-- British Museum New York, Rockman Prints, 1951.