Bodice Rippers: 2007 Archives

French Revolution Fashion Archives: Check out my slave to SEO section title.

I'm not done, neither! I have a couple more entries to do, mainly portraits and allegorical images. But this has been so fun, and I've been working on it since just before Bastille Day (July 14th, duh). Please let me know if you notice bad grammar, typos, and/or historical snafus!

EDIT: Let me know if you noticed the View gallery... links on each post, or do I need to make them more obvious? There's lotsa pictures! I would hate for people to miss them. *sadface*

"Ah! Quelle Antiquité" and "Oh! Quelle Folie que la Nouveauté!!!"
1778 meets 1793

Faces peering out of the past entrance me. Whether or not this portrait is of Jane Austen interests me less than the delightful chapeau on this other young girl.

Johann Zoffany
Title: Portrait of Sophia Dumergue
Oil Painting
Production Date: c. 1780
Material(s): Oil paint