Posts tagged 1782

Posts tagged 1782
By Charles Bretherton, 1782, via the British Museum.
(Thanks to sew18thcentury.com for posting this!)
Portrait of Jane Maltass (Mrs. Baldwin) (detail) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782
Very interesting turban! I wonder if they had some connection to the Eastern world or if this is just showing the popular Turkish influence of the time. (And look at that necklace- drool!)