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Fashionable gentleman aping the Frenchman

A satirical illustration about fashion for English gentlemen aping extreme French fashions in revolutionary France. This affected gentleman wears a Parisian-style tall hat, short boots revealing striped stockings, tight buttoned breeches, and a fancy cut-away jacket with striped shoulders and collar. He has a monocle or eyeglass

Picture No
13989424
Media ID
45686564
Size
3100px x 5022px (1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by John Ashton in Old Times
Date
C.1790

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1790 1790s Affected Aping Breeches Buttoned Caricatures Dandies Dandy Effete Extreme Eyeglass Frenchman Monocle Satires


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