The picture exhibition at the Salon. Looking at Manet's 'Olympia'

This plate depicts a scene at the Salon of 1865. Manet's painting 'Olympia'is represented in the background on the right of the plate. The man in the foreground is wearing a black suit with a starched collar and a blue vest, as well as a top hat. The woman in the foreground wears a wide, flounced dress with a wide crinoline that extends behind her. She is also wearing a violet fitted coat and a yellow bonnet tied under the chin with a ribbon. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967. Ruppert, Jacques. Le Costume Français. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.