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Albumen print
Florence M. David costumed as "An Incroyable," Montreal, Quebec, 1880
Photography studio
Notman & Sandham
(1877-1882)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date
1880
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Albumen process
Dimensions17.8 × 12.7 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberII-56542.1
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.
NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
An Incroyable
This character was based on caricatures of fashionable young men during the Directoire regime immediately following the French Revolution. They were typically illustrated wearing a jacket with exaggerated lapels and large buttons, either long loose trousers or skin-tight knee breeches, a huge neckcloth, thick glasses or a lorgnette, an overstated bicorne hat, and a walking stick. The character was equally popular with women, who feminized the costume with a skirt.
An Incroyable
This character was based on caricatures of fashionable young men during the Directoire regime immediately following the French Revolution. They were typically illustrated wearing a jacket with exaggerated lapels and large buttons, either long loose trousers or skin-tight knee breeches, a huge neckcloth, thick glasses or a lorgnette, an overstated bicorne hat, and a walking stick. The character was equally popular with women, who feminized the costume with a skirt.
Status
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I-26319.1
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II-60156.1
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