Caption:
Woman in the fashion of the Directoire, 1797. She wears a gathered cap with drawstrings, crossed overcoat, long shawl, and gold chain with crystal heart. Touquet fronce a Coulisses. Redingote croisee, Schall long, chaine d'or portant un coeur en cristal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1797. The illustrations in volume 1 were by Carle Vernet, Claude Louis Desrais and Philibert Louis Debucourt.