Two Early 19th-Century French School Fashion Drawings Engravings & Etchings The painting is housed within

The painting is housed within a wonderfully knackered old frame that’s probably its original

Note how the chest exhibits a warm glow from partially reflected light

Thomas Millie Dow (1848-1919)

She’s sitting at a well-worn table and there’s an open book in front of her

Skip forward 20 years and Turner himself is educating others with his own version of Claude’s ‘Liber Veritatis’ - his Liber Studiorum

Two Early 19th-Century French School Fashion Drawings Engravings & Etchings The painting is housed withinThis beautiful pair of French watercolours from circa 1810 depict figures dressed in the latest fashion. Theyre titled robe de satin garnie de fourrure and chapeau de paille blanche, robe de Marceline or fur trimmed satin dress and white straw hat, Marceline dress. The figures are both standing with back turned to draw emphasis to the outfits. The delicately pointed shoes are a particularly nice touch. Fashion plates are fairly common but its rare to