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1700-1709

1710s

1720s

1730s

"La Declaration de l'Amour,"

by J.F. de Troy,1731, French

details from "A Harlot's Progress," by William Hogarth, 1732, English

1740s

Unknown artist, 1740s, English

"La Toilette,"

by Francois Boucher, 1742, French

"Conversation in a Park,"

by Thomas Gainsborough,

1746-47, English

1750s

"Mr. and Mrs. Andrews,"

by Thomas Gainsborough

1750, English

"Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour,"

by Francois Boucher, 1759, French

1760s

1770s

detail from "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coltman,"

by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1769-73, English

"Robes a la francaise," from the collection of the Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

1770 (left), c. 1778 (right), French, 18th Century

Hand-painted Robe a la polonaise, c. 1770s,

 American. Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Mrs. Graham,"

by Thomas Gainsborough,

1777, English

"Madame la comtesse de Vauban"

by Louis Carrogis 1776

by Dmitry Levitzky, 1773

"The Music Party"

by Rolland Trinquesse, 1774

1775 Fashion Plate

1780s

"Self Portrait in a Straw Hat,"

by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, after 1782, French

"Marie Antoinette,"

by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun,1780, French

"Elizabeth Foster,"

by Angelica Kauffman, 1784, English

"Mrs. Sheridan,"

by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785-6, English

1781 Fashion Plate

1790s

1790

1791

"Madame Seriziat"

by Jacques Louis David, 1795, French

plate from Gallery of Fashion,

1795.

plate from Gallery of Fashion,

April 1, 1795.

1798

"Les Merveilleuses et Incroyables"

1795-99, French