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

Page with two round portraits or costume designs. The left portrait is of a full-length woman seated on a bench facing right. She is wearing a white corseted dress with a fichu tucked into the bodice and a blue ribbon around her waist. She has a straw hat with blue feathers and a veil. The portrait on the right shows of a woman from the waist up, in a frontal position, but gazing towards the left. She is wearing a purple and yellow dress with a fichu tucked into her bodice. She has a straw hat with a purple ribbon and white feathers.

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