Modern Oddities by P. Pry Esq. , Plate 1st: The Sleeves Curiously Cut, Ay There's the Villainy - vide Shakespeare, June 30, 1829, Hand-colored etching, plate: 10 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (25. 7 x 36. 2 cm), Prints, William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, London 1795?1840 Hampstead), During the second quarter of the nineteenth century women's fashions in Britain shifted away from a Neoclassical silhouette. Tightly corseted bodices returned and were accentuated with exaggerated puffed sleeves and full round skirts ending above the ankles to display feet in flat slippers