The graces in a high wind by James Gillray
Summary
A satirical engraving by James Gillray (died 1815), published 1810.
This caricatures the loosely-clinging Empire/Regency styles, worn with few layers of stiffening petticoats. Many people alive in 1810 would have well remembered the rigid styles of the 1770s, which went to the opposite extreme.
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Tags
Date
1810
Source
National Portrait Gallery London
Copyright info
public domain