Physician in Holland in 1640, Hand Colored Jefferys Costume Plate, 1757

An original antique print, a copper engraving colored by hand, lettered "Habit of a Physician in Holland, in 1640." A bearded man in a broad brimmed brown hat and a white ruff stands in profile, turned toward the viewer's right, pointing with one finger. A long gray cloak hangs from his shoulders and is gathered at his side, over a brown doublet and full brown breeches tied below the knee with ribbons. He wears brown stockings and dark shoes with large ties, and his other hand is held at his waist.

The English title is engraved in script beneath the image: "Habit of a Physician in Holland, in 1640." Below it is the French caption "Medecine Hollandois." (in English, "Dutch physician"), and the plate number 144 is engraved at lower right. No engraver or designer is named on the plate.

The plate comes from the second volume of Thomas Jefferys' A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. Particularly Old English Dresses. After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and others, published in London in 1757 by Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in the Strand. The work carried a parallel French title, Recueil des Habillements de Différentes Nations, which explains the French caption on each plate. It falls among the figures from the Low Countries in the volume. The year in the English title is the date of the costume shown, not of the print, which was published in 1757.

The clear figure and the engraved lettering read well at a distance, which suits a gallery wall of costume prints.

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