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Plate 1 from Habillements à la Mode de Paris en l'année 1761
Publisher: Veuve de F. Chéreau (French)
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jakob Gillberg (Swedish, 1724–1793)
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jakob Gillberg (Swedish, 1724–1793)
French
1761
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Chalk manner, printed in red ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.1 x 12.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.2104
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFashion plate depicting a woman wearing a low-necked gown with an open front showing a two tiered petticoat underneath, a shawl, and holding a closed fan. Text on bottom: "Habillements a la Mode de Paris, en l'Annee 1761. A Paris ches la Ve de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d'Or."
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1944