Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century

ca. 1785–90 · Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache · Drawings and Prints

Two round portraits, each featuring a woman from the waist up in a corseted gown and hat. The woman in the left portrait is portrayed in a three-quarter pose facing left. She is wearing a pink corseted bodice with a fichu and straw hat with pink and blue feathers. The woman in the right portrait is depicted frontally and gazes towards the left. She wears a pink and yellow bodice, and a pink skirt. She also wears a white fichu and a bonnet-style hat with pink roses and a veil in the back.

Artist

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Antoine Caire-Morand|Anonymous, French, 19th century

Date

ca. 1785–90

Medium

Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957