“A Female Mestscheraik,” Costume of the Russian Empire

Fig. 6. Edward Harding, “A Female Mestscheraik,” Costume of the Russian Empire: Illustrated by Upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings. London: T. Bensley for J. Stockdale, 1811. Plate 28. Hand-painted stipple engraving. Author’s collection.

From Fashion Nation: Picturing the United States in the Long Nineteenth Century by Sandra Tomc

Portrait of a young woman wearing a bright yellow dress with a black zig zag pattern, a white shirt with red diagonal stripes and a red, beaded headdress.
Creator(s)	Harding, Edward
Subjects	Literary Studies:19th Century Literature American Studies
Date	1811
Related Section	Chapter 1
Keywords	empire ethnic dress Russia nineteenth-century travel costume ethnic nationalism
Content Type	hand-coloured engraving and aquatint
Language	English
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