No one else has bothered to write anything about this under a minute American Mutoscope short subject, so I'd better fill the void. There is not much to say. An artist (oh, definitely an artist!) is taking photographs of a young woman. The young woman is wearing some light material that is barely there; the fact that the only surviving print of this film comes from a paper print (and is subsequently quite degraded) makes the state of her undress even less clear to the viewer. At first I thought she was naked - but no, there's definitely something between her and the camera. As the film fades out, she glances cheekily towards the motion picture camera, nearly breaking the fourth wall and probably sending the men of 1902's hearts into palpitations of ecstasy. The End.
Review of The Draped Model
