Fashion Plate

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (printed)

Colour print showing men's costume. The print depicts a man wearing a green coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat, yellow breeches, powdered wig and cravat. The man is shown standing, turned slightly to the right, holding a tricorne hat in his right hand and gesturing forward with his left.

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Categories	Fashion Plates Prints Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Fashion plate
Materials and techniques	Hand-coloured engraving on paper Paper Hand-Colouring Engraving
Brief description	Fashion plate showing men's costume. Hand-coloured etching, Paris, 1780s.
Physical description	Colour print showing men's costume. The print depicts a man wearing a green coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat, yellow breeches, powdered wig and cravat. The man is shown standing, turned slightly to the right, holding a tricorne hat in his right hand and gesturing forward with his left.
Dimensions	No dimensions given in accession record.
Gallery label	Anonymous Untitled fashion plate Paris, 1780s This plate illustrates a dandy striking a comely pose. The dandy was a stock male character found in many fashion illustrations and caricatures between 1780 and 1830. Coined in about 1780, the term referred to smartly dressed young men who deported themselves to display their fashionable clothes to best advantage. Hand-coloured etching Published in the Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises Given by Mr James Laver CBE Museum no. E.984-1959
Credit line	Given by Mr James Laver CBE
Subjects depicted	Man Wig Tricorne Breeches Stockings Waistcoat Clothing
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.984-1959

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1109344/fashion-plate-unknown/

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