Keywords: 1799-sidesaddle-riding.gif Illustration of a woman riding sidesaddle while wearing a dress of lawn and a jockey cap from Journal des Dames 1799 She's not wearing a riding habit but rather a light white Directoire gown -- which would only really be convenient for riding in the summer over grassy turf not dusty dirt roads She's also wearing a short spencer jacket which is unbuttoned and open in front PD-old Fashion in 1799 1799 Black and white drawings of dresses Riding in sidesaddles in art Journal des dames et des modes 1799 Spencer jacket |