<p>A 1793 depiction of a couple dressed in French formal court styles of ca. 1778. (For a contemporary 1778 color depiction of an outfit similar to what the woman is wearing, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1778-jeune-dame-de-qualite-en-grande-robe.jpg" title="File:1778-jeune-dame-de-qualite-en-grande-robe.jpg">Image:1778-jeune-dame-de-qualite-en-grande-robe.jpg</a>.)
</p><p>Caption: "OH! QUELLE FOLLIE QUE LA NOUVEAUTÉ....."
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This is the right half of a plate from Vernet's "Incroyables et Merveilleuses" series, 1793. (for the whole context of the engraving see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg" title="File:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg">Image:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg</a>).  Note that in the partial reproduction of the 1793 original which was scanned for this image, the end of the man's sword-hilt projecting out behind was omitted (go to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg" title="File:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg">Image:1793-1778-contrast-wholeplate-lowQ.jpg</a> to see it).
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carle_Vernet" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carle Vernet"><span title="French painter (1758-1836)">Carle Vernet</span></a>
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1793
Scanned by H. Churchyard from 1st edition of Blanche Payne's <i>History of Costume</i>