Exhibition

Short Subjects: Rare Books—Corsets and Crinolines

From at least the sixteenth century, women’s undergarments have been the subject of both satire and sermon. 

Drawn from the Center’s collection, Short Subjects: Rare Books was a continuing series of small thematic exhibitions on view from 1979 to 1996. 

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Visitors in the galleries, Yale Center for British Art, photo by © Elizabeth Felicella / ESTO