Thursday 13 September 2007

John Singer Sargent, Madame Paul Poirson, 1885

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John Singer Sargent [American Painter, 1856-1925]

2 comments:

Amy said...

Wow her waist is so thin! Those corsets must've been pretty restricting :-)

M said...

I think they started wearing pretty young, and gradually had them tighter and tighter, so in time their bodies changed and it became easier.