Shirt Collection (#72)

Baron Friedrich Von Grim
BARON FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR VON GRIMM German writer and critic

Street Trades / Fancy Ware
Two men dealing in " fancy ware" attract the interest of a young mother and her daughters

Cobbett / Smith / Oval
WILLIAM COBBETT Journalist and social commentator

Ball Dress / Bouquet 1861
Green dress: fluted flounces, white tulle over-skirt looped up with plumes, corsage en coeur. Garibaldi shirt, black skirt with a red velvet band at the hem & on the pockets

Tweed Jacket / Photo 1880S
Young man wearing a tweed lounging jacket & matching waistcoat, his shirt has a soft turned down collar, his necktie is loosely tied

Delivery Boy Costume
Boy carrying a basket: boots, trousers, light coloured shirt style jacket in a coarse fabric, white collar & narrow bowtie, apron, quartered cap. A knife hangs from his belt

Hyde Park Fashions 1822
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars & large expanses of shirt front & ladies showing their legs

Longchamps Style for Men
Strapped trousers (one pair in a twill fabric), top hats, spurs, gibus, canes, cravats, boots with elongated toes, pleated shirt fronts, shawl waistcoat with roll collar

Frock Coat Photo
Young man in frock coat, high stand-fall shirt collar with rounded ends, slim patterned tie, pale coloured waistcoat, dark narrow trousers, top hat, cane & leather gloves

Soldier & Civilians 1854
Pantaloons -1 pair in a diaper pattern, neckties, top hats, shirt with pleated cuffs, pumps with bows, Newmarket or cutaway coats, a brown coat cut square across the front

Costume / Green Coat 1830
Patterned Kashmir waistcoat, green cut-away coat buttoned at the neck & waist, the gap between open to reveal the shirt-front & waistcoat, strapped pantaloons & spurs

Dandy (Williams) 1818
A beau adds the final touches to his toilet, surrounded by garments including pantaloons, a corset, top boots & bicorne hat. His shirt frill & watch seals are enormous

London Fashions Men 1829
Boy: straw hat, blue D-B coat, gold buttons, shirt with falling collar, neckcloth in green, white trousers. Men: black tights, cut-away coat, D-B frock coat & pantaloons

Blue Waistcoat 1829
Blue waistcoat open to reveal the shirt front, square toed boots, pantaloon-trousers, black cut-away coat with M cut collar. Blue coat fastened with straps, gigot sleeves

Fancy Waistcoat 1828
Blue cut-away coat, gigot sleeves, hip pockets, gold buttons, high stand-fall collar, patterned waistcoat, pleated shirt front with gold buttons. Back view included

COSTUME / MEN / 1826
D-B coat with gigot sleeves, velvet collar, hip pockets, cut-away at the front & vents, pleats & hip buttons at the back; white strapped pantaloons, pleated shirt

Bon Genre No. 76 Costume
Triple vandyke ruff, habit shirt with high frilled neck, hems with rows of tucks or scalloped, coloured aprons or pinafores & a fur trimmed pelisse

Our Little Sailor 1890
Blonde sailor boy in red & white striped shirt, white sailor blouse with blue collar & a red sash sits on a wave break with a toy boat & spade waving his straw sailor hat

Striped Toilette ?1885
Costume in vertical striped fabric (see real swatch): pointed waist, deep V neck with falling lace collar, tunic hitched up at one side & trimmed with ribbon

Loder by Spy, 1906
Sporting Major Eustace Loder in a double-breasted pin- stripe suit with trousers that taper at the ankles, a wing collar, striped shirt, bowler hat, cane, town boots & gloves

Dark Brown Suit 1909
Sir Charles Friswell Frizzy wears a dark brown double- breasted three-piece suit, brown lace-up boots, shirt with a high all-round collar & a brown tie

Suits You, Sir
A customer tries on a suit the tailor has made for him - Suits you, Sir!

Farming Couple 1790
A relatively prosperous farming couple. She wears a fashionable white muslin gown & shoes with pointed toes & vamps. He is more informally attired in his shirt sleeves

Hereward the Beserker
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward the Saxon hero turned into a beserker. Dressed in only a silk shirt and hose, he urges his men to join him against the Normans

Iliad / Hecuba
The wife of Herakles, who hanged herself in remorse after sending a poisoned shirt to the husband of Iole, to punish her for making love with Herakles

Leonhard Euler / Figuier
LEONHARD EULER Swiss mathematician

Jefferson / Hall
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the United States

William Godwin / Anon Eng
WILLIAM GODWIN English philosopher and writer

Mother Grabs Sons Shirt
A mother grabs her son by his clothes as her tries to run off

Antoine Galland / Cazon
ANTOINE GALLAND French orientalist &c

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and polymath. His writings include poetry, drama, literature, theology, philosophy and science

MENs COATS 1828
Grey overcoat with cape & hip pockets. Brown D-B frock coat with gigot sleeves, shirt with stand collar & pointed cuffs, patterned cravat, top hat, cane & strapped pantaloons

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