Caption:
Fashionable woman reading a book, 1800. Her hairstyle is decorated with braids and a rose. Her dress was tailored sleeves and crossed kerchief over the bust. 2 October 1800. Coiffure ordinaire en cheveux. Manches Tailladees. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1800. The illustrations in volume 4 were by Carle Vernet, Bosio, Dutailly and Philibert Louis Debucourt.