Galerie des Modes, 60e Cahier, 1ere Figure

The pretty Mama in the Jardin du Roi, in an Informal morning Gown, with her little child dressed à l'Americaine.

"Women's hanging hair spoils coaches and armchairs, but one loves to see this ornament of their heads floating and caressing their belts; there are no beautiful women without long hair."

SEBASTIEN MERCIER, Tableau de Paris, 1788