Jacques Collection (#6)

Young Vandal girl, Lower Lusacia, Germany, 19th century. She wears a traditional toquet with ruff collar and bow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by

Peasant woman of Baden, Switzerland, 19th century
Peasant woman of Baden, near Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with silk pompons, and her toque with bows

Young girl of the Canton of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a silk tricolor cap, fichu, laced bodice, embroidered bib, apron, and petticoats

Milkmaid of Oberhasli, Switzerland, 19th century
Married milkmaid of Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a velvet toque under a braid of hair, a check bib, chemise, apron and petticoats

Young girl of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a small toque and her long hair is plaited with ribbons

Young girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Young single girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat with ribbons, plaited hair tied with long ribbons, laced bodice, chemise, embroidered bib

Young girl of the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a straw hat decorated with ribbons, a fichu worn like a scarf, laced bodice, apron and petticoats

Young girl of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. A chambermaid in town has modified her rural costume with a shorter skirt and ruched sleeves

Young girl of the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, 19th century. Her little cap, gorget and sleeve cuffs are all of painted cloth

Young girl of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with regular loops of ribbon, her apron bib is decorated with floral laces, and her apron is striped

Young girl of the Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland
Young girl of the Canton of Unterwalden (now Obwalden and Nidwalden), Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat adorned with flowers and ribbons, a cap with ribbons

Betrothed girl of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a colourful cap, ruff, bodice, chemise, apron and petticoats. On her bosom is a gold box called a lamb of god

Betrothed girl of Marken Island, North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In traditional costume that is unchanged since the 13th century

Young woman of the west coast of Friesland, the Netherlands, 19th century. She wears a distinctive weathercock shaped bonnet and wimple, cravat fichu, arm protectors, gloves and full petticoats

Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 florins

Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt

Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, near Baden, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet in blue, black and white, and a similarly bizarre costume

Young woman of Guggisberg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. Her hair braids are tied over her toquet, and her initials are embroidered on her breast either side of a small bib corset

Young woman of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a frogged bodice, striped apron, and long red tassels from her braided hair

Young woman of Frick, Switzerland, 19th century. Her costume features deep green, blue, daffodil and black. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Young woman of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her dress is notable for the thick troche or bourrelet hat, and her footless stockings

Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats

Girl of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, 19th century. The dress has a very high waist, the chemise has puff sleeves

Woman picking grapes, Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century
Woman picking grapes in the traditional costume of Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat has a protruberance in the shape of a bottleneck, and is worn over a black bonnet tied with ribbon

Young woman of Valais, Switzerland, 19th century, in traditional costume of fichu, laced bodice, petticoats and apron. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and worn above a muslin bonnet

Single woman of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century
Single woman of Bern in distinctive straw hat decorated with flowers, Switzerland, 19th century. Her chemise is embroidered with her initials, E.B

Young girl of the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a lace bonnet with butterfly wings and notched band

Cook of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a lace bonnet, and carries a basket wof eggs and vegetables. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by

Milkmaid of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet of lace made from horsehair, and carries a wooden pail with lid

Young girl of Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears short petticoats and pleated stockings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic

Young woman of the Oetz Valley, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears her hair in pigtails braided with red ribbon secured with a silver needle

Woman of the Puster Valley, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a large crepe hat over a small muslin bonnet. The scissors and belt is a family heirloom passed from mother to daughter

Woman of Sterzing, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. In a pyramid-shaped bonnet of fluffy cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie

Fruit seller of Hamburg, Germany, with basket of apples, 19th century. She wears a starched fichu on her bonnet and many petticoats worn over the other

Flower seller of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a large straw hat over a small bonnet, and her long pigtails show that she is single

Chambermaid of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She carries a small corbeille or wicker basket and wears a check shawl and white apron

Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a muslin bonnet and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration

Isabelle de Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI. In her wedding dress, aged 14, 1385. She wears a tall headdress with diadem, royal mantle over a sur cotte dress all decorated with gold

Jeanne Bournel, lady in waiting to the Dauphine d Auvergne, at court in 1371. She wears an armorial robe with the coats of arms of her husband Gilles de Nedonchal (blue with silver band)

Charlotte de Montmorenci, wife to Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Conde, 1594-1650. She wears her hair tied up with ribbons, an upright lace collar, pearl necklaces, dress with embroidered corset

Marguerite de Beaujeu, daughter of Edward
Margaret of Beaujeu, daughter of Edward I of Beaujeu, wife to James of Piedmond, 1346-1402. She wears a wimple, hooded cloak and blue surtout

Marie Anne Cuppi, Mlle. La Camargo, famous ballet dancer, 1710-1770. She wears a small cap, ruff collar, dress with laced bodice, lace sleeves tied with ribbons

Louise Adelaide d Orleans, later Abbess of Chelles, 1698-1743. She is depicted as a young woman before becoming a nun, wearing a simple morning dress in back with white fur trim

Marie Adelaide de Savoie, Duchess of Burgundy, 1683-1712. She wears a tall lace Fontanges headdress with ribbons, striped mantua with train, lace sleeves, and petticoat with gold bands

Madame de Maintenon, second wife to King Louis
Francoise d Aubigne, Madame Scarron, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife to King Louis XIV of France, 1635-1719. She wears a black hood over a tall lace and ribbon headdress (Fontange)

Madame de Montespan, mistress to King Louis XIV of France, 1640-1707. She wears her hair in ringlets, an unusual dress of lace on one side, and blue silk on the other

Francoise-Marguerite de Sevigne, Comtesse de Grignan, 1648-1705. She wears her hair in ringlets adorned with pearls, a green silk mantua dress with train decorated with gold bows, lace sleeves

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