Sketch for Costumes Anglais: Le Bon Genre 83

Original watercolor drawing for plate 83, Costumes Anglais, or series Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris... le bon genre [cf. EuAPH1814-5mf-6c]; three soldiers in conversation with two women and a child Original watercolor drawing for plate 83, Costumes Anglais, or series Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris... le bon genre [cf. EuAPH1814-5mf-6c]; three soldiers in conversation with two women and a child Drawn for 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, 1953.