French costume: Second Republic, Napoleon III mb-artist Thomas_Cowperthwait_Eakins Chauffeurs with their convertible cars

Chauffeurs with their convertible cars

with the leaves and flower of 'Anapodophyllon canadense morini'

head half-turned to face the viewer

The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology and was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and (in slightly later versions of the story) to the foundation of Rome

French costume: Second Republic, Napoleon III mb-artist Thomas_Cowperthwait_Eakins Chauffeurs with their convertible carsFrench costume: Second Republic, Napoleon III, (1882). Illustration showing costume from 1832 1864, from The History Of Fashion In France by Augustin Challamel, Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, (1882).