Aurora Vilhelmina Koskull ca. 1830

Lady in Waiting, half a year after the death of her Aunt. She married her Aunts widower. Count Magnus. They had to children. Count Magnus was appointed Swedish Prime Minister to France. Aurora accompanied him to Paris. There she attracted the attention of Napoleon, who called her, la belle suèdois, ("The beautiful Swede")...

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Senora Delicado de Imaz By Vincent Lopez y Portana ca.1827-(1833

Historical Fashion Details in Art.

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ca.1827

Widowed and Fatherless By Jean Bazil Perrault 1874.

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François-Joseph Navez (Belgian, 1787-1869). Théodore Joseph Jonet and his two daughters, 1832. Oil Private Collection. Source: Wikimedia commons

" In Paris, the royal edicts against hoops had fallen into disuse, but in the provinces certain parliaments had maintained a merciless severity.

It is recorded that at Aix a Demoiselle de Lacepede, the widow of the Sieur de Lacoste, having been accused before the court of wearing a hoop of seditious width, appeared before the counsellors and gave her word of honour that the “ exaggerated size of her hips, which was the cause of complaint, was simply a gift of nature.” The judges laughed, and she was acquitted."

Excerpt from

The History of Fashion In France

By Challamal Augustine 1882.

The Dramas Of Sophocles By Sir George Young, 1888 , Cambridge

Ladies Polonaise ca.1888

New Style For Dressing the Hair October, 1870

New Fashions Of Dressing the Hair: 1865 July

Running an Errand ,by Saintin, jules emile (1829-1894)

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By Henry Gervex (1852-1929)

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