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Title
Three gentlemen, Spring 1856
Alternative Title
Gentleman's Magazizne
Contributor
Gentleman's Magazine (publisher)
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
Three men stand in a park displaying fashionable outfits. The man on the left models the back of a blue tailcoat with with cuffs and two-button styling at the hips. He wears gray trousers and a white collared shirt. His gloves are tan and he carries a black top hat and walking stick. His hair is parted down the center and he wears long mutton chop sideburns. The man in the center wears pale blue striped trousers and a white pleated shirt with cuff links, with a dark brown cravat. He wears a loose-fitting, single-breasted overcoat in gray flecked tweed wool lined in red. His breast pocket sports a white handkerchief. He wears tan gloves, black shoes, a dark gray top hat, and has a waxed mustache. The man on the right stands with his hand on the arm of the second man. The man on the right wears a tailcoat but this time we see it from the front and in deep forest green. It is double-breasted and has a black silk lining, and he has a matching black cravat. He wears the coat over a white pleated shirt and tan trousers with shiny black leather boots with spurs at the heels and tassels on the tops. He wears powder blue gloves, a black top hat, and he smokes a thin cigar. He has a waxed mustaches, and mutton chop sideburns.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00635.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/648
Language
English
Subject
Boots
Buttons
Clothing and dress
Coats
Collars
Gloves
Hairstyles
Handkerchiefs
Hats
Men's clothing
Mustaches
Neckwear
Pleats (Sewing)
Shoes
Sleeves
Spurs
Stripes
Tassels
Trees
19th C costume England
Cigar smoking
Cravats
Lapels
Men's hairstyles
Tailcoats
Top hats
Trousers
Cufflinks
Time Period
1850-1859
United Kingdom - Early Victorian, 1837-1860
Place
England
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 7.25 x 10.75 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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