French dandy in formal wear, but not court. He wears a wig, black frock coat, white cravatte and gilet., silk hose. His bicorn and sword are on the right through a mistake of the engraver’s. Costume Habillé, mais non d’Etiquette. Le Chapeau et l’Epée se trouvent à droite par l’inadvertence du Graveur. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere’s Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, An 11, 1803. Illustrations by Carle Vernet, Jean-Francois Bosio, Dominique Bosio and Philibert Louis Debucourt, engraved by Pierre-Charles Baquoy.

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