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Marriage à la Mode (Detail)
Marriage à la Mode, by William Hogarth (detail). Engraving.London, 1745. Author’s collection
''French commentator wrote that leather shoes were only worn by women “destiné à la fatigue, chez les femmes de la campagne,” not even by…
''French commentator wrote that leather shoes were only worn by women “destiné à la fatigue, chez les femmes de la campagne,” not even by…
Mid-18th Century Woman's Shoe
Mid-eighteenth-century woman’s shoes with cream silk
with embroidered diaper pattern, c. 1765–80. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 920.16.2.A-B. Photo: Brian
Boyle. Courtesy of the Veronika Gervers Research
Fellowship.
''Attitudes towards…
with embroidered diaper pattern, c. 1765–80. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 920.16.2.A-B. Photo: Brian
Boyle. Courtesy of the Veronika Gervers Research
Fellowship.
''Attitudes towards…
Woman's Shoe in Early 18th Century
Early eighteenth-century woman’s shoe with cream silk
brocaded with large rose motif, c. 1730–60. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 921.2.29. Photo: Brian Boyle. Courtesy of the Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship.
''The history of footwear…
brocaded with large rose motif, c. 1730–60. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 921.2.29. Photo: Brian Boyle. Courtesy of the Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship.
''The history of footwear…
"Walking for Pleasure'' in the 18th Century
"You are clean Fair Lady but our Ways and Means are Dirty." Mezzotint, 1791. London. Printed for Robert Sayer. Guildhall Library, Print Room, 16903. Courtesy of the Corporation of London.
This image represents the difficulty of mobility for the…
This image represents the difficulty of mobility for the…