Under false colours
Under false colours is a late nineteenth-century English novel for young readers, written by Sarah Doudney and illustrated by G. G. Kilburne, published in New York by Scribner and Welford in 1889. The sepia wash line illustrations show Victorian and bustle-era society scenes: a man gesturing in a panelled room, a woman in a long gown at a drawing-room gathering, a formal exchange at a doorway, and a couple beside a garden fountain. A designer could take from them the period costume, panelled interiors and gestural poses of 1880s fashion illustration.
