Plate VI, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 1, No. 2
date: label: Date
content: 1786
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 wearing a white wig, facing left in profile. He wears a purple coat and breeches with yellow trim, a white waistcoat with yellow trim, and a white cravat. His right arm is positioned across his body, with his right hand in his waistcoat pocket. He holds a black hat with white fringe under his left arm. Appeared in Journal des Luxus und der Moden (The Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Volume 1, No. 2, February 1786, after p. 96.
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: 1952-127-15
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: 19.3 × 11.2 cm (7 5/8 × 4 7/16 in.)