Plate 8, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 2, No. 3
date: label: Date
content: 1787
name: label: Designer
content: Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806
label: Publisher
content: Friedrich Justin Bertuch, German, 1747–1822
label: Publisher
content: Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar, Germany
label: For
content: Journal des Luxus und der Moden, Weimar, Germany
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Engraved, hand-colored fashion plate featuring a full-length figure of a man, facing left in profile. He wears a greyish-brown coat and a matching hat, along with a white cravat and breeches. A waistcoat with a green and white pattern is underneath his coat. He carries a long thin walking stick in his left hand. Appeared in Journal des Luxus und der Moden (The Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 2, No. 3, March 1787, after p. 96. The text in the journal refers to him as "Pariser Elegant aus dem Palais Royal" (Elegant Parisian from the Palais Royal).
place: label: made in
content: Germany
label: published in
content: Weimar, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-127-17
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.2 × 11.5 cm (7 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.)