Fashion in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Stays, plate one from Progress of the Toilet, James Gillray

The Stays, plate one from Progress of the Toilet, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting (Mrs. William Bayard Cutting), Alexandre Cabanel

Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting (Mrs. William Bayard Cutting), 1887.

Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting [Mrs. William Bayard Cutting] (museum title)

Alexandre Cabanel (French), oil on canvas

Museum of the City of New York, United States

Portrait of Madame Édouard Hervé, Alexandre Cabanel

Portrait of Madame Édouard Hervé, 1884.

Portrait de Madame Edouard Hervé (museum title)

Alexandre Cabanel (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Portrait of Mademoiselle de Lancey, Carolus-Duran

Portrait of Mademoiselle de Lancey, 1876.

Portrait de Mademoiselle de Lancey (museum title)

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Hat Shop, 1913.

Hutladen (museum title)

August Macke (German), oil on canvas

Lenbachhaus, Germany

Madame Maurice Richard, 1870.

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Compiègne, France

Promenade, 1883.

Childe Hassam (American), watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses!, James Gillray

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses!, 1802.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

"–So Skiffy-Skipt On, With his Wonted Grace"–Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald. Jan-y 20th, James Gillray

"–So Skiffy-Skipt On, With his Wonted Grace"–Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald. Jan-y 20th, 1800.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Peep at Christie's; --or--Tally-ho and his Nimeny-Pimeny Taking the Morning Lounge, James Gillray

A Peep at Christie's; --or--Tally-ho and his Nimeny-Pimeny Taking the Morning Lounge, 1796.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Woman with Stilts, 1878.

La dona de les xanques (museum title)

Jan Van Beers (Belgian), oil on wood

National Art Museum of Catalonia, Spain

Dress Completed, plate three of Progress of the Toilet, James Gillray

Dress Completed, plate three of Progress of the Toilet, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Les Invisibles, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

La Walse, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Portrait of Mademoiselle X, Marquise Anforti, Carolus-Duran

Portrait of Mademoiselle X, Marquise Anforti, 1875.

Portrait de Mademoiselle X, Marquise Anforti (museum title)

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait de femme (museum title)

Léon Bonnat (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

A Broad Hint of Not Meaning to Dance, James Gillray

A Broad Hint of Not Meaning to Dance, 1804.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

A Bouquet of the Last Century, James Gillray

A Bouquet of the Last Century, 1802.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Two Ladies, 1880.

Winslow Homer (American), watercolor and graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Modern Elegance, a Portrait, James Gillray

Modern Elegance, a Portrait, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

At the Grand Prix de Paris, Childe Hassam

At the Grand Prix de Paris, 1887.

Au Grand Prix de Paris (At the Grand Prix de Paris) (museum title)

Childe Hassam (American), pastel and graphite on paperboard

National Gallery of Art, United States

Madame Seligmann-Alphandéry, née Adèle-Michel Lévy, Carolus-Duran

Madame Seligmann-Alphandéry, née Adèle-Michel Lévy, 1914.

Mme Seligmann Alphandéry née Adèle-Michel Levy (1883-1963) (museum title)

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

A Calm, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Fashion Shop, 1913.

Modegeschäft (museum title)

August Macke (German), oil on canvas

LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Germany

Portrait of the Artist's Stepdaughter, Giovanni Fattori

Portrait of the Artist's Stepdaughter, 1889.

Ritratto della figliastra (museum title)

Giovanni Fattori (Italian), oil on canvas

Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy

The Victorian Chair, 1906.

Childe Hassam (American), oil on wood

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

The Lucretias, 1844.

Les Lucrèces (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

Girl in a Modern Gown, 1922.

Childe Hassam (American), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

French-Tailor, Fitting John Bull with a "Jean de Bry", James Gillray

French-Tailor, Fitting John Bull with a "Jean de Bry", 1799.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Parasols for 1795, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Wig, plate two from Progress of the Toilet, James Gillray

The Wig, plate two from Progress of the Toilet, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Graces In a High Wind.-- a Scene taken from Nature, in Kensington Gardens, James Gillray

The Graces In a High Wind.-- a Scene taken from Nature, in Kensington Gardens, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Dandy, 1810.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Woman in White

Vrouw in het wit (museum title)

Jan Van Beers (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Portrait of Léonie Dufresne, Baroness Le Vavasseur, Carolus-Duran

Portrait of Léonie Dufresne, Baroness Le Vavasseur, 1875.

Portrait de Léonie Dufresne, baronne le Vavasseur, puis… (museum title)

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

Lillie (Lillie Langtry), c. 1898.

Childe Hassam (American), watercolor and gouache on cardboard

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

"The Inexpressible Air of Dignity,–the Incomprehensible je-ne-sais Quoi of Elegance, which Appertains Solely to Men of High Fashion."–Vide, Lord Chesterfield's Letters, 1803.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Pair of Polished Gentlemen, James Gillray

A Pair of Polished Gentlemen, 1801.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Monstrocities of 1799, Scene Kensington Gardens, James Gillray

Monstrocities of 1799, Scene Kensington Gardens, 1799.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Characters in High Life, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Artist's Wife with Hat, August Macke

The Artist's Wife with Hat, 1909.

Frau des Künstlers mit Hut (museum title)

August Macke (German), oil on canvas

LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Germany

Jeanne Lanvin, 1935.

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

The First Rendezvous

Le premier rendez-vous (museum title)

Jan Van Beers (Belgian), oil on wood

Rubens House, Belgium

Portrait of Nadezhda Mikhailovna Polovtsova, Carolus-Duran

Portrait of Nadezhda Mikhailovna Polovtsova, 1876.

Портрет Надежды Михайловны Половцовой (museum title)

Carolus-Duran (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū), Kitagawa Utamaro

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū), 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Hooded overcoat from the shops of M***, Grandville

Hooded overcoat from the shops of M***, 1844.

Camail-paletot des magasins de M*** (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

Fashion, 1844.

La mode (museum title)

Grandville (French), handcolored woodcut

Getty Research Institute, United States

The Outer Robe, c. 1795.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Fashionable Mamma; or, the Convenience of Modern Dress, James Gillray

The Fashionable Mamma; or, the Convenience of Modern Dress, 1796.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Following the Fashion, 1794.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States