The
Scrapbook16th - 19th century
antique
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l'Anglaise
An open-air performance in Paris. An acrobat stands on his head on a table, while a man seated on a tree-stump fiddles and a boy dances a jig. The spectators are (left) a Parisienne holding a little girl by the hand, a pretty Englishwoman (right), wearing a striped shawl over white dress and dark spencer. Her bonnet or hat trimmed with roses distinguishes her from the Frenchwoman, whose hat has a towering plume of feathers. The dress of both, however, shows some assimilation of national fashions since 1814.
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2007
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Tel: 978-768-7922
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