445. Short-waisted, double-breasted red coat, waistcoat cut square, two watch chains, 1790.
446. Striped dress and high-crowned straw hat with ostrich feather, 1790.
447. Long coat of pink satin over white dress, 1791.
448. High, turned-down collar and revers on both overcoat and coat, 1791.
449. Loose, unpowdered hair worn straight, 1792.
540. ‘Werther costume’: blue doth coat with high turned-down collar, yellow leather breeches, riding boots and beaver hat, 1792.
451. Cravat rising to chin, 1792.
452. Fichu rising to chin, 1793.
Source: «Histoire du costume» par Henry Harald Hansen. Dessins de Ebbe Susen, Mogens Bryder et Kaj Norregaard. Traduit du Danois par Jaqueline Puissant. Flammarion, Paris, 1954.
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