Fashion of a courtier of King Louis XVI of France. In powdered wig, frock coat and waistcoat with gold embroidery, breeches, hose, court sword, buckle shoes, with a bicorne hat on a chair. Cour de Louis XVI, 1780. Handcoloured steel engraving by Adolphe Portier after an illustration by Francois Claudius Compte-Calix from Album Keepsake des Costumes de la cour Francaise depuis Charles VII jusqu’a Louis XVI, Keepsake Album of French Court Costumes from Charles VII to Louis XVI, Modes Parisiennes, Paris, 1854.

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