Man of Nuremberg in Striped Cloak and Paned Hose, Costume of 1577, 1757

This is an original antique copper engraving with hand coloring, lettered "Habit of Nuremberg, in 1577." It is plate 169 from Thomas Jefferys' A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, published in London in 1757. The bearded man walks toward the viewer's right, his left hand extended. He wears a green sprig in his hair, a ruff, and a dark blue cloak with a high pink collar and pink facings, striped in red on the inside, with a round badge at the shoulder. Beneath it are a pale gray doublet with gold buttons and full trunk hose paned in pink, yellow and gray, tied at the waist. He wears pale stockings and black shoes.

The English title is engraved in script below the figure, with the French caption "Habillement de Nuremberg." (Dress of Nuremberg) beneath it and the plate number 169 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.