Angelica Kauffman's Morning Amusement, c. 1773 (privately owned)
The April, 1794 Issue of The Gallery of Fashion features in Fig. 2 a "The Turk, or cresent cap, made of Italian gauze, turned round the head-piece in folds, the ends terminating behind."
The May, 1794 Issue of The Gallery of Fashion features in Fig. 6 "Head-dress a la Turque." Fig. 7 features a "robe à la Turque, of dove-coloured peeling satin."
In Mary Ann Hanway's 1798 Ellinor, the villainess goes to the masquerade as a sultana.
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Angelica Kauffman's Morning Amusement, c. 1773 (privately owned) |
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John Singleton Copley's Mrs. Tomas Gage 1771 (held by the Timken Museum of Art, see their comments on this image for more information on the painting.) |
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