This is the eighth issue of the third volume (Vol III, no. 8). The volumes run from April
to March. In this issue, there are two plates and two pages of description. Plate one features figures
118 and 119 and is labelled "Morning Dresses." Plate two features
figures 120. It is labeled "Afternoon Dress." It is shown below in greyscale.
Original Text reads as follows:
MORNING DRESSES.
FIG. CXVIII.
The toupee frizzed full in the front, and combed straight on the sides; the hind hair in ringlets; part
of the toupee and part of the hind hair drawn through a string of coquelicot beads on the
crown of the head. Round dress of fine India calico; short sleeves; trimmed with a chintz border;
small cape upon the shoulder, trimmed with narrow lace. Broad lace tucker. Gold hoop-and-ring
ear-rings. Coquelicot coloured shoes. Light blue gloves.
FIG. CXIX.
The front hair combed straight; the hind hair in ringlets. Cabriolet bonnet of gray silk,
trimmed with a purple and coquelicot coloured riband. Round dress of fine calico, the train
scolloped; push-up sleeves; double plaiting of lace round the neck. Plain muslin cloak, trimmed
with a printed lawn border; double cape of the same. Gold hoop-and-ring ear-rings. Green shoes
and gloves.
AFTERNOON DRESS.
FIG. CXX.
The hair frizzed loose en colimaçon, the hind hair formed into a double chignon. Three
bandeaux of coquelicot riband, tied into small bows in the front. Round dress of
plain fine muslin, spotted with silver, and trimmed at the bottom with a silver fringe headed with
a coquelicot riband; short close sleeves, trimmed with silver lace. Handkerchief within the
dress, laced up the breast with silver cord, and fastened with a diamond buckle. Silver girdle. Two
strings of pearls round the neck, with small medallions in the middle. Diamond ear-rings. White
shoes and gloves.
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