French costume: Second Republic, Napoleon III mb-artist Thomas_Cowperthwait_Eakins and a cloak and headdress

and a cloak and headdress

Bilberry Hill from Old Birmingham Road

head half-turned to face the viewer

Chauffeurs with their convertible cars

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 and a cloak and headdressFrench 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).