A caricature sequence of posed joke photographs from 1857(?), showing five stages of putting on a crinoline
by French photographer Sirot? or unknown
by 1857
<p>In the book "Crinoline: Fashion's Most Magnificent Disaster" by Denis Pellerin and Brian May, it's said that four of these five images were advertised in London in 1857 as a series "Mysteries of the Crinoline".<br>
See also <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://mashable.com/2015/06/21/crinolinemania-victorian-fashion/">http://mashable.com/2015/06/21/crinolinemania-victorian-fashion/</a> <br>
The fourth photo in sequence is included in <i>The Encyclopedia of Fashion</i> by Georgina O'Hara (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8109-0882-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8109-0882-4">ISBN 0-8109-0882-4</a>).<br></p>
A differently-cropped version of the first photo in the sequence is included in <i>Royal Style</i> by Luise Wackerl (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7913-4635-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-7913-4635-9">ISBN 978-3-7913-4635-9</a>)