#1787

‘Galerie des Modes et du Costume Français’, 1787

commentary from the curator: admittedly, I am not as familiar with historical menswear, so I did some searching around and I think these are court suits?? unfortunately the plates themselves had no labels, but comparing them with extant garments, they look like at least a similar style? if they're not though, feel free to let me know and I can search up some different ones! ☺️

Currently on view at the Victoria & Albert South Kensington exhibit Marie Antoinette Style

"Cartoon of the Amsterdam citizens marching to Utrecht, July 17, 1787. A patriot as an armed Kees or Keeshond standing on hind legs with a mount and rifle."

"During her lifetime, Vigée Le Brun was France’s most famous woman artist, and she was highly aware of how important her self-presentation was to the Parisian art world. In 1787 she submitted to the French Royal Academy’s Salon three portraits of her daughter, Julie, including this one—a tacit nod to the fact that her ability to create encompassed but was not limited to motherhood. Julie is shown both in profile and straight on through the inclusion of a mirror. The deliberately impossible perspective results in a double image that draws on earlier artists’ allegorical figures of Sight and debates about reality versus illusion in painting."

The United States Constitution (1787) represents the foundational legal and political framework of the American republic, drafted to replace the ineffective Articles of Confederation (1781) and unify the newly independent states under a stronger central government. The Constitution outlined the distribution of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, creating a federal system...