Young woman in high hairstyle and small hoops 1762.

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Paris. Civic dress 1782.

Paris fashion in 1762.

Matron in the old fashion. Young woman in high hairstyle and small hoops. Former military. Gentleman with habit in 1762.


Matrone à l’ancienne mode. Jeune femme en coiffure haute et petits paniers. Ancien militaire. Gentilhomme avec habit en 1762.

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Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu’à nos jours, by Nicolas Jules Henri Gourdon de Genouillac. Published 1879.

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Note:  Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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