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Title
Two European military men, 1789
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
Two gentlemen wearing military regalia stand in a field. They both wear black bicorne hats with feathers. Their uniforms have red vests, trimmed with silver at the arm holes, neck, and hem. At the center of the vest there is a Germanic black eagle crest on silver. They have white sleeves, with red cuffs trimmed in silver, white gloves, white trousers, and knee high black boots with spurs. Both gentlemen wear swords at the hip.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00598.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/596
Subject
Hats
Vests
Swords
Time Period
1750-1789
United Kingdom - Georgian, 1714-1795
French - Ancien Régime, 1589-1789
American - Colonial, 1750-1789
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 4.75 x 7.75 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 13
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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