A satirical 1796 contrast between old elizabethan and cutting-edge directoire clothing styles: "too much and too little, or summer cloathing of 1556 & 1796", a caricature engraved by isaac cruikshank after a drawing by george m. Woodward, published february 8th 1796. For a larger scan of a tinted version of this same print, see image:toomuch-1556 toolittle-1796 caricature. Jpg. In 1796, the strongly neoclassically-influenced styles satirized on the right were still very new in england. Notice the single vertical feather springing from the hair of the 1796 woman. Date: 1796.
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