Costume of a court valet, 18th century. In striped jacket, large apron, breeches and buckle shoes, holding a hat box, shoes and a water ewer. Le Valet de chambre. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, within a decorative cartouche by Anne Modave, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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