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Title
Riding habits, 1850
Alternative Title
Journal des Demoiselles
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
Two women are depicted riding their horses in a wood. The woman in the back wears a maroon flat brimmed hat with a matching plume. Her hair is in a low bun and her jacket, in a matching maroon, has a plain collar and is long sleeved. The woman in front wears a purple hat with a veil in back and her hair in a low bun, like the first woman. She is riding sidesaddle in navy riding habit. Her jacket has military elements, such as large cuffs and a tasseled trimmings on the cuffs and bodice. In the front a hunting dog, and in the back is a lightly sketched figure of a man on horseback. There is a wooden sign post with four arms near the riding path.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00356.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/329
Language
French
Subject
Women's clothing
Color in clothing
Dresses
Hats
Horses
Dogs
Jackets
Riding habit
19th C costume France
Crop, riding
Time Period
1850-1859
French - Second Republic, 1848-1852
Place
France
Source
Fashion Plate, engraving (print), colored, 7.25 10.5 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 8
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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