- Title Information
- Title
- Watching the Comet
- Subtitle
- on the Boulevards (1857)
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Courboin, François
- Name Part:
Date
- 1865-1926
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- illustrator
- Genre (aat)
- color wood engravings
- Origin Information
- Date Issued
- 1898
- Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Abstract
- The people depicted in this plate are observing the comet from a balcony typical of the kind of building constructed along Haussman's boulevards. The man is dressed in a black evening costume. The woman in the foreground wears a wide, brightly colored dress supported by a crinoline. Abstract source: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967.
- Subject
- Topic
- Fashion
- hierarchicalGeographic
- country
- France
- city
- Paris
- Subject
- Topic
- Balconies
- hierarchicalGeographic
- country
- France
- city
- Paris
- Subject
- Topic
- Comets
- Temporal
- 1857
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Art
- Topic
- Prints
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Art
- Topic
- Fashion
- Subject
(displayLabel="Historical Period")
- Topic
- 1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
- Identifier:
Local
(displayLabel="Hay Star Call No.")
- 1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898
- Identifier:
METSID
- 1150467844763476
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Published in:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Fashion in Paris
- Subtitle
- the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Uzanne, Octave
- Name Part:
Date
- 1852-1931
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- creator
- Origin Information
- Place
- Place Term:
Code (MARC Geographic Area Code)
- enk
- Place Term:
Text
- London
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Date Issued
- 1898
- Physical Description
- Extent
- Plate 66
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Collection:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Paris Capital of the 19th Century
- Identifier:
COLID
- 6
- Identifier:
URI
- http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris
- Access Condition:
rights statement
(href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
- No Copyright - United States
- Access Condition:
restriction on access
- Collection is open for research.