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Fashion Plate

ca. 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting a man wearing a striped suit, holding a pair of scissors-glasses and carrying a hat in the shape of a crescent moon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching
Brief description
1 of 4 plates of male and female costume, France, ca. 1795
Physical description
Print depicting a man wearing a striped suit, holding a pair of scissors-glasses and carrying a hat in the shape of a crescent moon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in
  • Width: 4.375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920.
Credit line
Given by Harold Wallis
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Collection
Accession number
E.524-1918

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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