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Engravings of English costume(1759–1813)

  • MS 1951.7 (bound)
  • 1 item

Engraved prints cut from various period sources and pasted into a blank book. Plates depict 18th-century English life, fashion, coiffures, etc. Includes scenes representing: Merton Place, Surrey; Nine living muses of Great Britain; Family portraits of King George III; Conrade and Theresa (from the novel by the French Chevalier de St. Florian); among others.