<p>Fashion plate from the <i>Wiener-Moden-Zeitung</i>, July 1862, apparently showing river scene with steamboat.
</p><p>The ladies in the center seem to be having difficulty conducting an intimate conversation (my silly caption for this: "Don't try to whisper in my ear, or
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your <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crinoline" title="Crinoline">crinoline</a> will tip up, dear").  For a serious discussion of this issue, see "The Wearing of Costume" by Ruth M. Green  (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-273-43736-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-273-43736-4">ISBN 0-273-43736-4</a>), p. 145...
Unknown 1862 artist
1862-07
<i>Wiener-Moden-Zeitung</i>