Justine, penses-tu que je serai assez etoffee avec cela? ...j'ai toujours peur d'etre ridicule et trop plate. [and] Vous allez m'suivre comme ca chez m'sieull' mare!! ....et tout d'suite... [pair].

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  SKU: 86142

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• ARTIST: Charles Vernier

• MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand-colored,

  DATE: 1858

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 9/16 x 10" (192 x 254 mm) and 7 15/16 x 10 5/16" (201 x 263 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Mon. Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne. Lith. Destouches, Paris. From "Modes Pour Rire." These two satirical fashion lithographs poke fun at the wide skirts of the day. In the first, the young woman asks her friend, Justine, if the dress will widen her figure enough, for she is afraid of looking flat and ridiculous. In the second, she's donned her skirt over her shoulders instead of her hips to be as well-shaped as possible.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition save some skinning in both images. The second has a small tear in lower magin.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical , Fashion