Gentleman of Burgundy in Striped Doublet and Lined Cloak, Costume of 1581, 1757

This is an original antique copper engraving with hand coloring, lettered "Habit of a Gentleman of Burgundy, in 1581." It is plate 160 from Thomas Jefferys' A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, published in London in 1757. The bearded gentleman gestures with his right hand and rests his left on his hip. He wears a small green hat with a red band, a deep ruff and strings of beads, and a doublet and trunk hose striped in gray, pink and yellow, with ochre sleeves. A red sash crosses his chest, and his cloak, brown outside and pale blue-green within, hangs open from his shoulders. A sword angles down behind him, and he wears white stockings and red shoes.

The English title is engraved in script below the figure, with the French caption "Gentilhomme de Bourgogne." (Gentleman of Burgundy) beneath it and the plate number 160 at lower right. No engraver or designer is named on the plate. The date in the English title is the date of the costume shown; the print itself was published in 1757.

Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, published the second volume of A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern from his premises in the Strand, London, in 1757. As the title page states, the figures follow the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others. The book was bilingual, with the French title Recueil des Habillements de Différentes Nations, and its plates pair an English title in script with a shorter French caption.

The plate works well framed on its own, or as part of a small group of regional costume prints in matching frames.

This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.