] ] It shows an English couple visiting France in 1814-1815, and the French are snickering and pointing at their clothes, while the picture caricatures the French people's own clothes. Now Laver would have us believe that this picture is a French caricature, but I find this rather hard to believe...

] ... er, yes, I think you're right.
....Lady Davy's English fashions were so much mocked in Paris that she couldn't go for a walk in them.

I am having trouble seeing the great difference. I can't see any except that the french dresses are little more ruffly.