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<mods:title>Watching the Comet</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>on the Boulevards (1857)</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:namePart>Courboin, François</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1865-1926</mods:namePart>
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<mods:genre authority="aat">color wood engravings</mods:genre>
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<mods:dateIssued>1898</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:extent>1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm.</mods:extent>
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<mods: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.</mods:abstract>
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<mods:topic>Fashion</mods:topic>
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<mods:country>France</mods:country>
<mods:city>Paris</mods:city>
</mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
</mods:subject>
<mods:subject>
<mods:topic>Balconies</mods:topic>
<mods:hierarchicalGeographic>
<mods:country>France</mods:country>
<mods:city>Paris</mods:city>
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<mods:subject>
<mods:topic>Comets</mods:topic>
<mods:temporal>1857</mods:temporal>
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<mods:subject displayLabel="Thematic Category"><mods:topic>Art</mods:topic><mods:topic>Prints</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject displayLabel="Thematic Category"><mods:topic>Art</mods:topic><mods:topic>Fashion</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject displayLabel="Historical Period"><mods:topic>1852-1870 (The Second Empire)</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:identifier displayLabel="Hay Star Call No." type="local">1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898</mods:identifier>
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<mods:title>Fashion in Paris</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:namePart>Uzanne, Octave</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">1852-1931</mods:namePart>
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<mods:publisher>William Heinemann</mods:publisher>
<mods:dateIssued>1898</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:extent>Plate 66</mods:extent>
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<mods:title>Paris Capital of the 19th Century</mods:title>
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