King Charles IX of France. In black velvet hat with white plumes, black hair unpowdered, beard a l'escopette. Lace ruff collar, blue sash, gold chain, black velvet cape, satin doublet and breeches decorated with gold braid, silk hose, satin shoes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Jean-Antoine le Brun or Lebrun-Tossa’s Journal de la Mode et du Gout, previously Cabinet des Modes, Chez Buisson, Paris, and Joseph le Boffe, London, 5me Cahier, 5 April 1790.

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