Met Costume Institute
Walking dress. British. ca. 1830
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Madame Récamier
Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassical, 1800
René Magritte, Surrealist, 1949
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A so called noon gun, a sundial with compass and a small cannon, its maker is unknown, c.1800
This has been very popular since the 18th century, combined with a cannon and a burning glass, is set so that when the sun reaches its highest point at noon, a charge of gunpowder is ignited by the bundled rays of the sun, so that a loud bang sounds. Larger examples were used in dockyards and army quarters to indicate lunchtime.
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The wedding ceremony, Ladies and Gentlemen’s Pocket Companion, 1800
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Andromeda, Arthur Rackham
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I'm tired of this generation, I want a man from the 1800's to invite me to a ball and dance with him.
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Wooden tea caddy with lock and key, 1780-1800
From the Victoria & Albert Museum
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Greek speaking Muslims and Turkish speaking Christians around 1800
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Love letter, Upper Austria, around 1800
"A suitor presumably asked a literate person — perhaps the local schoolmaster — to write this love letter. The verses are written within eight hearts, and they leave no doubt about the deepness of the man's affection. He might have had the letter delivered by a messenger, or secretly slipped it to his beloved. The recipient guarded this filigree-delicate gift of love as a precious treasure for a lifetime."
Volkskundemuseum, Vienna
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La toilette, Eva Gonzalès, 1879
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L'Art De La Mode, 1895-96
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Oil painting, ca. 1800-1805, Spanish.
Painted by Francisco Goya.
Portraying a woman in a black dress and white lace mantilla.
National Gallery of Art.
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Smuggling off San Diego, The Brig Betsy, September 1800, by Christopher Blossom (1956-)
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Ladies and Gentlemen’s Pocket Companion, 1800
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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 1 mars 1800, An 8, (197): Négligé-Paré. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
Woman, walking to the right, wearing a 'Négligé-Paré'. She wears a dress with a wrap, closed by some cords with tassels. Short sleeves and train. Accessories: hat with ostrich feathers and hanging slip, long gloves, fan, flat shoe with pointed toe. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.
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