Modes pour rire, Destouches, after Charles Vernier, c. 1855 - c. 1865

Title(s)

Modes pour rire
Modes pour rire, 1855-1865, Nr. 4: Justine, penses-tu qu (...)

Object type

• caricature

Object number

RP-P-2009-4132

Inscriptions / marks

• title: ‘MODES POUR RIRE’
• caption: ‘Justine, penses-tu que je serai assez étoffée avec cela?... j'ai toujours peur d'être ridicule et trop plate’

Artist

• print maker: Destouches (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Charles Vernier (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Aaron Martinet (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1855 - c. 1865

Material

• paper

Technique

lithography / hand coloring

Measurements

height 266 mm × width 357 mm

What

• fashion plates
• looking in the mirror; (possibly: contemplation of own beauty - AA - (for) women)
• skirt (CRINOLINE SKIRT) (+ women's clothes)
• underclothes for the upper part of the body: corset (+ women's clothes)
• underclothes for the lower part of the body (CRINOLINE) (+ women's clothes)
• dressing oneself, getting dressed - AA - female human figure

When

• 1865 - 1855

Credit line

• Gift of the M.A. Ghering-van Ierlant Collection

Acquisition

gift 2009

Copyright

Public domain