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Plate IX, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 1, No. 3

Catalog Data

Designer:
Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806  Search this
Publisher:
Friedrich Justin Bertuch, German, 1747–1822  Search this
Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar, Germany  Search this
For:
Journal des Luxus und der Moden, Weimar, Germany  Search this
Medium:
Engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream paper
Dimensions:
19.3 × 11.1 cm (7 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
Type:
costume & accessories
Print
Object Name:
Print
Made in:
Germany
Published in:
Weimar, Germany
Date:
1786
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Engraved, hand-colored fashion plate featuring a full-length figure of a man, facing left in profile, wearing a brown hat, a long, navy coat, and yellow breeches. He carries a light brown cane in his right hand. Appeared in Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Volume 1, No. 3, March 1786, after p. 140.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
Accession Number:
1952-127-2
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e9829be5-d7d7-42e6-830a-4ab23288f818
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1952-127-2