Caption:
Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français, 1785, aaa. 284: La Belle dans l'incertitud (...) (title on object), A woman, impatiently awaiting the arrival of her lover. She is dressed in a pink chemise à la Reine, the bottom of the skirt of which is trimmed with a wide pleated strip. Belt of speckled fabric around the waist, in a bow (rosette d'amour) at the back. On the head a large hat with drooping veil called 'Chapeau à la Caravanne'. Print from series aaa. 45th Cahier de Costumes Français, 40th Suite d'Habillemens à la mode en 1785, Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français., print maker: Nicolas Dupin, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: François Louis Joseph Watteau, (mentioned on object), publisher: Esnauts & Rapilly, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1785, paper, etching, height 298 mm × width 194 mm