female dress - english & american stays

8/14/2019 Female Dress - English & American Stays

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English (or European) Stays & Stomacher

c. 1620 - 1640(Manchester Art Gallery)


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English Silk & Linen Stays with Busk & Sleeves (Front)

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English Silk & Linen Stays with Busk & Sleeves (Back)



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English Silk & Linen Stays with Busk & Sleeves (Back)



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English Silk, Linen, Metal, & Paper StaysEarly 18th Century

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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English Silk, Linen, Metal, & Paper StaysEarly 18th Century



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English Wool & Linen Staysc. 1730 - 1740

(Victoria & Albert Museum)


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English Staysc. 1730 - 1740

(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)


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English Linen Stays

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English or American Stays of Wool and Linenc. 1765 - 1770

(Memorial Hall Museum)


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English Stays2nd Half 18th Century

(Sta!ordshire Past Track)


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English Silk Damask Stays (Front)c. 1770 - 1790



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English Silk Damask Stays (Front)c. 1770 - 1790



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English Silk Stays (Front)c. 1775 - 1785

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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English or American Canvas Stays Sti!ened with Paste

c. 1775(Missouri History Museum)


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English Stays

c. 1770s(Snowhill Costume Collection at Berrington Hall - National Trust)


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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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English Stays



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The Stays Recreated

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The Stays Recreated

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English Linen Stays (Front)c. 1780 - 1789



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English Staysc. 1780 - 1789



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English Linen Stays (Back)c. 1780 - 1789



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English Staysc. 1780

(Museum of Fashion)


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English or American Glazed Wool Stays with Checked Linen Liningc. 1725 - 1750

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)


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English or American Glazed Wool StaysMid 18th Century



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English or American Worsted Wool Staysc. 1760 - 1770

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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American Linen, Cotton, & Whalebone Stays1st Quarter 18th Century



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American Linen Staysc 1740 - 1760


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American Linen Staysc 1740 - 1760


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Stays from Massachusetts or New Yorkc. 1740 - 1760

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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American Linen, Leather & Whalebone Stays (Front)c. 1740 - 176



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American Linen, Leather & Whalebone Stays (Back)c. 1740 - 176



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American Linen Stays (Front)c. 1750 - 1775



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American Cotton Stays (Back)c. 1750 - 1775



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Wool and Linen StaysMid 18th Century

(Private Collection)


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American Rose Colored Wool Stays lined in Blue & Bu!Check

c. 1760 - 1780


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A Recreated Stay-maker and His Apprentice fit a Young Woman for Stays in Williamsburg, Virginia


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"These stays were worn the first time Jan 14th 1779 by Miss Susanna Lincoln of Tauntonon her Wedding day contributed by Mrs. Park."


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American Linen Stays Lined with a Checked Linenc. 1750

(Vintage Textile)


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American Linen Stays Lined with a Checked Linenc. 1750

(Vintage Textile)


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American Cotton and Linen Stays3rd Quarter 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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American Wool, Leather, Linen and Reed Stays (Front)c. 1780



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American Wool, Leather, Linen and Reed Stays (Back)c. 1780



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American Linen & Wood Stays (Front)Late 18th Century



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American Linen & Wood Stays (Back)Late 18th Century



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American Linen & Wood Stays (Back)Late 18th Century



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American (or European) Silk Stays (Front)18th Century



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American (or European) Silk Stays (Back)18th Century



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American (or European) Silk Stays18th Century



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(The Museum Institute)


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(The Museum Institute)


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Brown Cotton Corset (Front)c. 1780 - 1789



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Brown Cotton Corset (Back)c. 1780 - 1789



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Linen Stays4th Quarter 18th Century


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Cotton & Silk Stays (Back)18th Century



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Stays

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Silk Stays (Front)c. 1785

(McCord Museum)


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Silk Stays (Front)c. 1785

(McCord Museum)


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Silk Stays (Back)c. 1785

(McCord Museum)


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Brown Cotton & Linen Staysc. 1786

(Collection of Karen Augusta)


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The Ingenious and Diverting Love Letters in HieroglyphicksBeing the Country Assembly's Answer to the Hampton Courtiers Letter

by Andrew Johnston and William Taylor c. 1700 - 1710

"Vain pragmaticall man, The style and assurance of your epistle shows you a daring bogtrotter,what earnest of ye lady's heart could induce you to fancy your famous party and as you believehandsome overtures would be cordially received You are a great bear for your pains too [knave


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The Ingenious and Diverting Love Letters in HieroglyphicksBeing the Country Assembly's Answer to the Hampton Courtiers Letter

by Andrew Johnston and William Taylor c. 1700 - 1710

handsome overtures would be cordially received. You are a great bear for your pains, too [knavepaired?] and lunatic, [straw bed, owl pot a ge?], Bedlam, and iron bars is what you want; [urinal/flask?] clothes her hatred, esteemed nor regarded of a (?) The Tonbridge rake that begun this follyis a danmed liar and prevaricator, two nonesuch violents not to be uttered on a spinster, awelshman but she made address to defend herself and waived entering fool's paradise soridiculously. On that he charitably belies Mr J-n nobody knows wherefor, but ye scandal would notstick. Ye post staysso I can only beg you repent be content confess your treacheries and we shallbecome your admirers. To show [basket?] Abel Burnet, Martin Palfrey, Millicent Fane, RoseCage, Bridget Cooper.


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F(renc)H Pacification or the Q(uee)N of H(ungar)Y Striptby Nathaniel Parr 1742

(The British Museum)


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F(renc)H Pacification or the Q(uee)N of H(ungar)Y Striptby Nathaniel Parr 1742



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Marriage la Mode

by William Hogarth c. 1743 - 1745


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The Stay Makerby William Hogarth c. 1745

(Tate Gallery of Art)


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The Stay Makerby Joseph Haynes after William Hogarth 1782

(Tate Gallery of Art)


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Marriage A la Mode Plate V: The Bagnioby Ravenet after Hogarth 1745



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The Beauty of the S Curve or Line of Beauty in a Furniture Leg & the Female FormThe Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste.

by William Hogarth, printed in London by J. Reeves 1753


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At Sandpit Gate

by Paul Sandby c. 1765


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Two Girls Seated (England)by Paul Sandby c. 1765

(Yale Center for British Art)


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A late SCENE at BARNET.London c. 1770

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The PROTECTING MACARONIby M. Darly 1770



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The PROTECTING MACARONIby M. Darly 1770



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The WHALE BONE MACARONI.by M.Darly 1772



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The WHALE BONE MACARONI.by M.Darly 1772



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The Lovely SARCARISSA dressing for the PANTHEONattributed to Phillip Dawe 1772



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THE OLD FREE METHOD of ROUZING a BROTHER SPORTMANby Carington Bowles c. 1772 - 1773



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THE OLD FREE METHOD of ROUZING a BROTHER SPORTMANby Carington Bowles c. 1772 - 1773



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"The Benevolent Cottager"after Francis Wheatley c. 1775(City of London Corporation)


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TIGHT LACING, or FASHION before EASE.by John Collet 1777



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TIGHT LACING, or FASHION before EASE.by John Collet 1777



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TIGHT LACING or Hold Fast BEHINDby M. Darly 1777



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TIGHT LACING or Hold Fast BEHINDby M. Darly 1777



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TIGHT LACING or the COBLERS WIFE in the FASHIONby William Hitchcock 1777



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TIGHT LACING or the COBLERS WIFE in the FASHIONby William Hitchcock 1777



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BATH STAYS OR THE LADYS STEEL SHAPES.by M. Darly 1777


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The LIBERTY of the SUBJECTby W. Humphrey 1779

(National Portrait Gallery)


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(National Portrait Gallery)


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An ACTRESS at her Toilet, or MISS BRAZEN just BREECHTPrinted by CARRINGTON BOWLES after John Collet 1779



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FIELDINGS MYRMIDONS Spoiling BOB BOOTYS MORNING DRAUGHTby Carington Bowles after John Collet 1781



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FIELDINGS MYRMIDONS Spoiling BOB BOOTYS MORNING DRAUGHTby Carington Bowles after John Collet 1781



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Mr. Justice Thumb in the Act of Flagellation.by Anonymous 1782



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a Husband may Chastize his Wifewith a Stick the Size of his thumb.

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Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782



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Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; o fye!by James Gillray, Published by William Humphrey 1782



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The STAY MAKER taking a PLEASING CIRCUMFERENCEPrinted by Bowles and Carver 1784



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The STAY MAKER taking a PLEASING CIRCUMFERENCEPrinted by Bowles and Carver 1784



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The Rat Trapby Francis Wheatley 1786

(Christies Auction House)


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The Rustic Loverby Francis Wheatley 1786



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The Rustic Loverby Francis Wheatley 1786



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Childs Stays of Linen & Whalebonec. 1700 - 1750

(Fashion Museum)


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English or American Childs Stays of Green Woolc. 1740 - 1760



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A Childs Stays Sti!ened with Cardboardc. 1760 - 1790



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New York MercuryApril 29, 1765


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Childs Stays of Linen & Leather c. 1770



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The Family of Archibald Bulloch, Governor of Georgia who Fought in the Revolutionby Henry Benbridge, 1775


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English Silk Childs Staysc 1775



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American Childs Stays (For a Child 18 - 24 Months of Age)c. 1770 - 1790



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American Childs Stays of Linen & Baleenc. 1700 - 1799



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Recreated Childs Stays(Photo: twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot)


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New York Mercury AdvertisementJuly 7, 1760


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New York Mercury AdvertisementMay 5, 1766


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Boston Evening Post AdvertisementApril 3, 1768


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Newport Mercury AdvertisementMay 8, 1769


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Providence GazetteJanuary 4, 1772


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Pennsylvania Chronicle AdvertisementSeptember 22, 1772


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Trade Card of Tho. Hopton, Stay Maker & Haberdasherc. 1758



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London Trade Card of Jane Batchs Warehouse c. 1733 - 1769... night gowns, English & French hoops, childrens coats, stays & all sorts of quilted coats.



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London Trade Card of S. Underwood, Milliner and Haberdasher c. 1746... work'd waistcoats, & boned waistcoats...



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London Trade Card of Elizabeth Dawes, Millner c. 1733 - 1769Childrens Stays__________



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Westminster Trade Card of Rupert Atkinson, Linnen Draper & Haberdasher c. 1733 - 1769...childrens blankets, flannell peticoats, dimitty coats & stays...



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London Trade Card of Isaac Rimington, Haberdasher c. 1733 - 1769...childrens stays...



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English Embroidered Cotton Staysc. 1790



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To Mr. Holland (an Account of the Death of Mrs. ANNA DAVIS)by William Holland 1791(The British Museum)


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To Mr. Holland (an Account of the Death of Mrs. ANNA DAVIS)by William Holland 1791(The British Museum)


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PATENT BOLSTERS:...Le moyen d'etre en-bon-point.by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey 1791



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The DEVIL to PAY: __ The Wife Metamorphosd, or NEPTUNE reposing after Fording the Jordanby James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey 1791



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GETTING the Length of the DUCHESSs footby Isaac Cruikshank, published by S.W. Fores 1791



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THE LAST SHIFTby Carington Bowles c. 1793



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THE LAST SHIFTby Carington Bowles c. 1793



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BRITANNIA in FRENCH STAYS.by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey 1793



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Any Cotton Laces or Garters 1742Paul Sandby



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In support of her application, Elijah Runion (pension application

R9079) 78, deposed that he was present at the marriage of PeterMcCune to Christianna, daughter of Adam Obrian, that Runionhimself had married a widow with a daughter two or three years old.He added that the appearance of the bride at the time she wasmarried was that of a verry young girl, he says that he recollects

Joking her on the occasion, and told her to roll up somehandkerchiefs and put in her bosom to give appearance of breasts.


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For additional information on 18th Century Stays, please visit the wonderful blog run by Hallie

Larkin at:

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The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center is indebted to folks like Hallie, StephanieSmith, Sharon Burnston, Victoria Leigh Rebal Brenckle, Rebecca Fifield, and others like themfor their many contributions to the study of female 18th century material culture. Their

enthusiasm always gives us the inspiration to do ongoing research on 18th century life. All of theNewspaper advertisements shown in this slideshow were found by Hallie.
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