EditorialVest, ca. 1750, American or European, doeskin, silk, Considering the formal code of etiquette that governed eighteenth-century life, it is not surprising that gentlemen did not generally remove their jackets in public. Tailors made men?s waistcoats of ...
EditorialDesign for a Waistcoat, Black crayon, various gouache colors on paper, Design and sketch for the embroidery of men's waistcoats. Recto: A dark blue and violet stripe are at left. Beside these are to alternate a flower bunch and a flower bough of which ...
EditorialEmbroidery sample, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, paper folder Technique: embroidered on compound weave, Embroidered sample for men's silk waistcoats, with a design of carnations on a horizontally striped brown ground., France, late 18thea...
EditorialEmbroidery sample, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on a voided supplementary warp pile (velvet), Embroidered sample for men's silk waistcoats, with design of loose sprigs of wildflowers on a vertically ribbed dark brow...
EditorialThe Waistcoat (Caricature on the Fashion of Waistcoats), Unknown, English, Engraving on paper, In this caricature, a man demonstrates how a waistcoat can fit around a group of much smaller men. In the background on the left is a picture of the men bein...
EditorialSalesman's samples, Medium: silk Technique: embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on satin weave Label: silk embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on silk satin weave, black silk ribbon appliqu?, Salesman's samples for embroidered wai...
EditorialSample book, Medium (samples): wool, cotton Technique (samples): warp-faced plain weave with supplementary warp patterning (velvet) Label: tooled leather-bound book with wool and cotton velvet samples mounted to paper pages, Salesman's sample book of 2...
EditorialSamples, Medium: cotton, paper Technique: warp-dyed velvet, Six manufacturer's samples of velvets for men's waistcoats. Patterns are chin? and show small conventionalized floral patterns., France, ca. 1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Samples.
EditorialSir William Worthy and Patie, Print made by David Allan, 17441796, British, born in Scotland, after David Allan, 17441796, British, born in Scotland, Published by Watt & Baillie, active 1808, British, 1808, Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, sli...
EditorialCrossing the Line Ceremony on Board the Ship, 'Vestal', Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 17591817, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 ? 9 5/8 inches (18.1 ? 24.4 cm), buckets ...
EditorialNow Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni, Print made by James Caldwall, 17391819, British, after Michel Vincent Brandoin, 17331807, Swiss, Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, and John Smith of Cheapside, active ca. 17501789, British, 1772, Line en...
EditorialThe Damnation of Obadiah, Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 17301806, British, after Henry William Bunbury, 17501811, British, Published by James Bretherton, ca. 17301806, British, 1773, Etching on moderately thick, rough, blued white laid paper, She...
EditorialThe Macarony Brothers, Print made by James Caldwall, 17391819, British, after Michel Vincent Brandoin, 17331807, Swiss, Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, and John Smith of Cheapside, active ca. 17501789, British, 1772, Line engraving, stipp...
EditorialThe Death of the Hare, John Wootton, 16821764, British, ca. 1735, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm), breeches (trousers), clouds, death, dogs (animals), genre subject, gesture, hare, horses (animals), hounds (dogs)...
EditorialFlash Maccaroni, Print made by Callender, active mid18th century, 1748, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8.6 x 13 cm) and Image: 2 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches (6.1 x 10.5 cm), caricature, coats, cost...
EditorialI Will Pay No More Debts of Her Contracting, Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 17301806, British, after Henry William Bunbury, 17501811, British, Published by James Bretherton, ca. 17301806, British, 1772, Etching on moderately thick, rough, blued wh...
EditorialThe Salutation Tavern, Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 17301806, British, after Henry William Bunbury, 17501811, British, Published by S. W. Fores, 17851825, 1801, Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 15/16 ...
EditorialThe Royal Rush Light, George Moutard Woodward, ca. 17601809, British, Undated, Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (40 x 34 cm), commentary, historical subject, h...
EditorialMr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia, William Nutter, 17541802, British, after John Boyne, ca. 17501810, British, Published by John Boyne, ca. 17501810, British, 1789, Stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moder...
EditorialHamlet, Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752active 1790, British, after Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 17801812, British, and after Conrad Martin Metz, 17491827, German, Published by William Holland, 17571815, British, 1809, Aquatint and etching w...
Editorialbuttons are part of the Luckcock Collection, over 500 buttons collected by James Luckcock, a jeweller and button maker in St Paul's Square, Birmingham in the 1780s. Dating from between around 1770 and 1830, they were made at a period when Birmingham bu...
Editorialbuttons are part of the Luckcock Collection, over 500 buttons collected by James Luckcock, a jeweller and button maker in St Paul's Square, Birmingham in the 1780s. Dating from between around 1770 and 1830, they were made at a period when Birmingham bu...
Editorialbuttons are part of the Luckcock Collection, over 500 buttons collected by James Luckcock, a jeweller and button maker in St Paul's Square, Birmingham in the 1780s. Dating from between around 1770 and 1830, they were made at a period when Birmingham bu...
Editorialbuttons are part of the Luckcock Collection, over 500 buttons collected by James Luckcock, a jeweller and button maker in St Paul's Square, Birmingham in the 1780s. Dating from between around 1770 and 1830, they were made at a period when Birmingham bu...
EditorialDigital Photograph - Five Men Eating at Kitchen Table, Chelsea, 1918, Five young men sitting with knives and forks in their hands around a kitchen table. They are wearing shirts with no ties or waistcoats. There is a window directly behind the man at t...
EditorialThe Bond St. Beau. Stannard & Son; Printer; Bath, J. ; London ; 1873. Printed Music and Illustrated Cover; Lithograph, coloured. Music Hall performers specialised in portraying the fashionable man about town, who were often known as 'swells'. Costumes ...