Eighteenth Century Clothes Collection (#8)

Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen)
7316835 Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen) by European School, (18th century); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen)
7316832 Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen) by European School, (18th century); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with a Rose, 1906 (chromolithograph)
1201840 Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with a Rose, 1906 (chromolithograph) by Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Louise (1755-1842) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen)
7316828 Corset, 1740-60 (woollen damask & linen) by European School, (18th century); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Colonel Thomas Stanley, 1779-1810 (oil on canvas)
7110467 Colonel Thomas Stanley, 1779-1810 (oil on canvas) by Lawrence, Thomas (1769-1830) (follower of); 283.5x181 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Housecoat, c. 1725-c. 1749 (cotton & silk)
7404201 Housecoat, c.1725-c.1749 (cotton & silk) by Indian School, (18th century); 148x 87.5x40 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

No Sir, I've Never Been afraid of a sans culotte, c. 1902 (colour litho)
6031071 No Sir, I've Never Been afraid of a sans culotte, c.1902 (colour litho) by Faivre, Jules Abel (1867-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Non Monsieur)

Side view of blue floral silk dress, tabby ground brocaded with coloured silks
7409716 Side view of blue floral silk dress, tabby ground brocaded with coloured silks, textile designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite c.1736-39

18th century Italian costume (oil on canvas)
885787 18th century Italian costume (oil on canvas) by Massani, Pompeo (1850-1920); Museo Civico Revoltella, Trieste, Italy; (add.info.: by Pompeo Massani (1850-1920))

Self portrait, 18th century (pastel)
JLJ4588757 Self portrait, 18th century (pastel) by Boze, Joseph (1745-1825); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Self-portrait)

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) (print)
947591 Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) (print) by Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Louise (1755-1842) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento (oil on panel)
7391550 Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento (oil on panel) by Mengs, Anton Raphael (1728-79); 88.5 x 69.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Raffael Mengs (Aussig)

Theme from the Venetian Carnival, In the Parlatory of the Monastery, 1780-1820 (oil on canvas)
7387018 Theme from the Venetian Carnival, In the Parlatory of the Monastery, 1780-1820 (oil on canvas) by Anonymous; 31 x 40.7 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: Italian, Venice)

Krakow Surrendered to the Prussians, 1794 (oil on canvas)
7381592 Krakow Surrendered to the Prussians, 1794 (oil on canvas) by Stachowicz, Michal (1768-1825); 48 x 38 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: by Michal Stachowicz (1768-1825))

Street Singer and Child, 18th century (oil on canvas)
XOS5886581 Street Singer and Child, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Opie, John (1761-1807); 100x87.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: John Opie (British, 1761-1807))

Theme from the Venetian Carnival, Gambling House (Il Ridotto), 1780-1815 (oil on canvas)
7387017 Theme from the Venetian Carnival, Gambling House (Il Ridotto), 1780-1815 (oil on canvas) by Anonymous; 30.5 x 40.5 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: Italian, Venice)

Portrait of an unknown woman. 1790-1805 (oil on canvas)
7380026 Portrait of an unknown woman. 1790-1805 (oil on canvas) by Faworski, Jozef (active 1764-1793); 91 x 71.5 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: by Jozef Faworski)

Portrait of Kazimierz Zawisza (1750 - ?), 1754 (oil on canvas)
7370334 Portrait of Kazimierz Zawisza (1750 - ?), 1754 (oil on canvas) by Anonymous; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland

Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780), after 1800 (oil on canvas)
7371312 Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780), after 1800 (oil on canvas) by Pitschmann, Jozef (1758-1834); 62.5 x 48 cm; National Museum, Krakow

Portrait of Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696-1775) (oil on canvas)
7370333 Portrait of Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696-1775) (oil on canvas) by Anonymous; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland

Colley Cibber, c. 1700-1725 (engraving)
1071626 Colley Cibber, c.1700-1725 (engraving) by Grisoni, Giuseppe (1699-1769); 10.795x8.255x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

French Revolution: " Portrait of a woman in patriotic hairstyle, in profile" Miniature painting on ivory by
JLJ4616328 French Revolution: " Portrait of a woman in patriotic hairstyle, in profile" Miniature painting on ivory by Francois Hippolyte Desbuissons (ca. 1745-after 1807) 1789 Sun

Reception for tea - drawing by Bac, 1898
LSE4106691 Reception for tea - drawing by Bac, 1898 by Bac, Ferdinand Sigismund (1859-1952); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Reception for tea - drawing by Bac)

David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan, 1784 (oil on canvas)
7333477 David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan, 1784 (oil on canvas) by Runciman, Alexander (1736-85); 73.8x87 (framed) cm; Perth Museum & Art Gallery

Portrait of a Man in a Green Suit, c. 1760 (oil on canvas)
7342966 Portrait of a Man in a Green Suit, c.1760 (oil on canvas) by Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (1708-87); 129.86 -- 100.65 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Chevalier de Saint George, 18th century (engraving)
7293473 Chevalier de Saint George, 18th century (engraving) by Brown, Mather (1761-1831) (after); (add.info.: History. France. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint George)

Robe a l'Anglaise, 1785-87 (silk)
7336621 Robe a l'Anglaise, 1785-87 (silk) by French School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic)
7336605 Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic) by English School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Suit, c. 1760 (wool & gilt metal)
7336569 Suit, c.1760 (wool & gilt metal) by English School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Dress, c. 1760 (silk, linen & cotton)
7336620 Dress, c.1760 (silk, linen & cotton) by English School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Detail of a Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic)
7336604 Detail of a Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic) by English School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Armour (Gusoku), 16th-18th century (iron, lacquer, silk & gilt copper)
7335215 Armour (Gusoku), 16th-18th century (iron, lacquer, silk & gilt copper) by Japanese School; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Detail of a Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic)
7336603 Detail of a Waistcoat, 1747 (silk, wool & metallic) by English School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Round gown, c. 1795 (silk & linen)
7336598 Round gown, c.1795 (silk & linen) by Italian School, (18th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

William Musgrave, Early 18th century (Oil on canvas)
7335155 William Musgrave, Early 18th century (Oil on canvas) by English School, (18th century); 127x103 cm; New College, Oxford, UK; (add.info.: William Musgrave; Former Fellow of New College)

John Browne, c. 1760 (oil on canvas)
XOS5888419 John Browne, c. 1760 (oil on canvas) by Blackburn, Joseph Jonathan (c.1730-78); 123x99 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Joseph Blackburn (American))

Jeremiah Belknap, c. 1758 (oil on canvas)
XOS5888415 Jeremiah Belknap, c. 1758 (oil on canvas) by Badger, Joseph (1708-65); 121.9x97.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Charles Apthorp, 1748 (oil on canvas)
XOS5888404 Charles Apthorp, 1748 (oil on canvas) by Feke, Robert (c.1701-52); 141.5x117.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by Robert Feke (c)

James G. McKinney, c. 1800 (oil on canvas)
XOS5887481 James G. McKinney, c.1800 (oil on canvas) by Jouett, Matthew Harris (1788-1827); 64.7x52 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by Matthew Harris Jouett (1787/88-1827))

Hannah Wentworth Atkinson, 1760 (oil on canvas)
XOS5888401 Hannah Wentworth Atkinson, 1760 (oil on canvas) by Blackburn, Joseph Jonathan (c.1730-78); 124.7x99.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Ah! Ca Ira (engraving)
904895 Ah! Ca Ira (engraving) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); Musee de l'Hotel Sandelin, Saint-Omer, France; (add.info.: by Louis Leopold Boilly (1761 - 1845))

Jean Racine, 1782 (marble)
7308574 Jean Racine, 1782 (marble) by Boizot, Louis Simon (1743-1809); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Jean Racine (1639-1699), 1782, Marble Sculptor: Louis Simon Boizot Louvre Museum

James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), 1688-1766 (oil on canvas)
7305659 James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), 1688-1766 (oil on canvas) by Troy, Francois de (1645-1730); 127x94 cm; Parham House, West Sussex

Woman's brown silk calash with pink silk lining, c. 1760s (silk)
7309893 Woman's brown silk calash with pink silk lining, c.1760s (silk) by European School, (18th century); Fashion Museum Bath; © Fashion Museum Bath

Louis XIV: "I almost waited" (1700), 1896 (illustration)
7304530 Louis XIV: "I almost waited" (1700), 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Louis XIV)

Head and shoulders of a bearded man with a hat, in profile, 1701-1900 (graphite on paper)
7308326 Head and shoulders of a bearded man with a hat, in profile, 1701-1900 (graphite on paper) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543); 27.7x17.6 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Letter U - Fashion under the Directory (women's costume), 1880 (chromolithography)
7309364 Letter U - Fashion under the Directory (women's costume), 1880 (chromolithography) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Step into the Elegance of Eighteenth Century Clothes" Immerse yourself in the opulence and grandeur of eighteenth-century fashion with these exquisite garments and portraits. From Marie-Jeanne Buzeau's delicate engravings to Catherine Greene's captivating oil on canvas, each piece tells a story of style and sophistication. Transport yourself to an era of grace and refinement as you admire Nathaniel Hurd's masterful brushstrokes capturing the essence of Jane Hoskyns. The intricate details in her attire showcase the intricacies of fashion during this period. Marvel at the corsets, crafted from woollen damask and linen, which not only shaped women's figures but also symbolized their status and societal roles. These corsets were both functional and fashionable, reflecting the changing ideals of beauty throughout history. The portrait "Marie-Antoinette with a Rose" offers a glimpse into royal fashion, showcasing elaborate gowns adorned with luxurious fabrics. This chromolithograph captures Marie-Antoinette's regal allure while highlighting her love for extravagant clothing. Colonel Thomas Stanley stands tall in his oil-on-canvas portrait, donning military attire that exudes power and authority. His uniform reflects the influence of military fashion on civilian dress during this time. Delicate cotton and silk housecoats evoke images of leisurely mornings spent sipping tea by sunlit windows. These garments combine comfort with elegance, showcasing how even casual wear was meticulously designed during this era. Anna Maria Garthwaite's textile design takes center stage in a blue floral silk dress brocaded with colored silks—a true masterpiece that has stood the test of time through remodelling efforts in later years. This dress exemplifies Garthwaite’s talent for creating patterns that captured nature’s beauty within fabric folds. Finally, "No Sir, I've Never Been afraid of a sans culotte" humorously depicts the fashion clash between the eighteenth century and the twentieth.