This is admittedly a fairly wild shot in the dark, but I'm hoping that someone, somewhere, will have come across a print or drawing or other illustration of an American colonial woman riding astride in stirrup stockings. They are said to have protected skirts (and modesty), and were supposedly quite unflattering. I've tried looking through Google Images, but any search for "stirrup stockings" or "colonial stirrup stockings" brings up some decidedly unhistorical results.
Any image of a common woman on a horse in the 18th century seems to be fairly scarce, by the way. I was able to find two images of women riding pillion (behind a man), one American and one appearing European. So if anyone can point me to other images of common or poor British women (not aristocratic ladies) on horseback, either alone or double, about 1730-1760, I'd love to see them.
Thanks very much for hints, tips, etc.!
Any image of a common woman on a horse in the 18th century seems to be fairly scarce, by the way. I was able to find two images of women riding pillion (behind a man), one American and one appearing European. So if anyone can point me to other images of common or poor British women (not aristocratic ladies) on horseback, either alone or double, about 1730-1760, I'd love to see them.
Thanks very much for hints, tips, etc.!