A satire on the beaked bonnet by French artist "Cham" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_de_No%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="en:Amédée de Noé">Amédée de Noé</a>) -- the man is proceeding to desperate measures to try to get a glimpse of the lady's face (hidden under her bonnet when she looks down) as he is conversing with her...<br><p>Probably drawn in the 1840's, but apparently depicting the fashions of the early 1820's(?).<br></p>
The signature ("CHAM") is at lower left.
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1840s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
Scanned by H. Churchyard