Two pretty maids helping to dress two old crones
La toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30). They adopt fashions that suit only them, such as flat bonnets and childish caps. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. La toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30). They adopt fashions that suit only them, such as flat bonnets and childish caps. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817
Picture No
12491365
Media ID
45759399
Size
6327px x 5126px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























