clothing dress

The weather peasant, "Es ist kalt weter".

Grand' Dame Turque

Gentille-femme Turcque estant dans leur maison ou Sarail

Femme vestue à la Surienne.

Scene from The Parable of the Vineyard

Giovanni Baglione - Ottavio Leoni - Marcello Provenzali

Portrait of Petrus Scriverius

Andries van Eertvelt. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography'...

Stefano Della Bella - Black horseman

Robert van Voerst. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography)

Fabrizio Chiari - St. Thomas of Villanova distributing alms

Cornelis Saftleven. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography')

Salvator Rosa - Alexander in the studio of Apelles

Wenceslaus Hollar - Woman's head framed in roundel

Jan de Wael. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography')

Jan Brueghel the Elder. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconograph...

Lucas Vorsterman. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography')

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, From Icones principum virorum ('The Icono...

Lucas van Uden. From Icones principum virorum ('The Iconography')

Wenceslaus Hollar - Muff with a band of brocade

Adriaen van Ostade - Peasant with a crooked back

Robert Nanteuil - Cardinal Jules Mazarin

Cloth brushes; combe brushes; a pincushing trunks for pendents necklac...

For drawers for cabbinets to be placed according to yor fancy. [sic]

Other patterns for powder boxes; other patterns for patch boxes.

For a standish for pen inks & paper wch; allso may sarve for a comb bo...

A pagod worshipp in ye Indies; another. [sic]

The topp of a 12 inch frame for a looking glass for jappan worke; the ...

The Finding of Moses

Drawing of a woman seated at a table, cutting cloth.

Veduta del Porto di Ripetta. From: Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

A scene of witchcraft. Plate 4 from: Scherzi di Fantasia (Sktches of F...

Habit of the commander in chief of the Spahis, in 1749. Chef des Spahi...

Habit of the Greek sultaness in 1749. Sultane Greque.

Habit of a bashaw of three tails, in 1749. Bacha a trois queiis.

Habit of the chief of the black eunuchs in 1749. Chef des eunuques noi...

Habit of a white eunuch in 1749. Eunuque blanc.

Winter habit of a Chinese Mandarin in 1700.

Habit of a lady of China in 1700. Dame Chinoise.

Habit of the Turkish lady of the grand seigniors seraglio, in 1568. Da...

Habit of the sultaness, or empress of the Turks in 1700. La sultane As...

Habit of the aga of the Janesaries in 1749. L'aga des Janissaires.

Habit of the Tchorbadgi or captain of the Janesaries, in 1700. Captain...

Habit of the chief of the black eunuchs in 1749. Chef des eunuques noi...

Habit of a crim Tartare, in 1700. Tartare de Crimee.

Habit of the iman of the great mosque in 1749. Iman de la grande mosqu...

Habit of a commander of a body of 100 men, who act as tipstaves to the...

Habit of an ambassador from China, in 1749. Ambassadeur Chinois.

Emperor of China in his robes, in 1700. L'empereur de la Chine.

Habit of the grand seignior in 1749. Le grand seignior.

Summer habit of a Chinese mandarin in 1700. Habillement d'ete de'un ma...

Habit of an ambassador from Siam in 1749. Ambassadeur de Siam.

Habit of the black sultaness in 1749. Sultane noire.

Habit of the grand seignior or emperor of the Turks in 1700. Le grand ...

Habit of the Janesary aga, or chief commandant of the Janesaries. L'Ag...

Habit of the ambassador from Persia to the Port. Ambassadeur de perse.

Habit of the sultaness queen in 1749. La sultane reine.

Habit of a Tartarian princess, in 1700. Princess Tartare.

Habit of a lady in Chinese Tartary 1700. Dame de la Tartarie Chinoise.

Habit of the emperor of China, in 1667. L'empereur de la Chine.

Habit of the sultaness of Transilvania in 1749. Sultane de Transilvani...

Habit of a lady of China in 1700. Autre dame Chinoise.

Habit of the mufti, or chief priest of the Turks, in 1749. Le moufti.

Habit of the white sultaness in 1749. Sultane blanche.

Habit of the grand seignor's body guard, in 1749. Garde du grand seign...

Habit of the grand vizier in 1749. Le grand vizir.

Habit of an ambassador from the great Mogul. Ambassadeur du Mogol.

Julius Ibbetson - Gipsy encampment

Receipts for Donated Clothing Sent to Soldiers at Valley Forge, 1777-1...

Oriental costumes, Thomas Rowlandson

Dutch costumes, Thomas Rowlandson

Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi no sekiyō o miru (Viewing sunset over th...

Four o'clock in the country, Thomas Rowlandson

The episode presented in this picture is the complete reverse of that shown in the companion plate, Four o'clock in Town. While the London rake is being assisted to his late bed the country Nimrod is rising wit... More

Traffic, Thomas Rowlandson

Two Jewish clothesmen are securing a parcel of cast-off garments at the door of a highly respectable mansion, whereat a buxom housemaid is disposing of her master's old apparel. In the street beyond is shown th... More

Characters in high life, James Gillray

A tall handsome lady walks diagonally forwards from left to right, her left hand on the arm of a much shorter companion with a larger head, perhaps a young girl. The latter, though her dress is simple, has a gr... More

The fashionable mamma - or - the convenience of modern dress, James Gi...

A fashionably dressed woman sits (left) in profile to the right, on an upright chair, while a carriage waits for her. Her loose dress, high to the neck, has two embroidered slits to reveal the breasts. A pretty... More

James Gillray - The Fashionable Mamma; or The Convenience of Modern D...

William Hogarth - Taste in high life

This print is satirizing the clothes and behavior of fashionable society in the early 1740s. On the left is a woman with her servant, a young boy she has dressed up in a feathered turban. The woman on the right... More

Cries of London, No. 7 : Old cloaths any old cloaths

Archibald Reid - Fisherman on quay

Venus attired by the Graces, James Gillray

A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a... More

Untitled [Portrait of Captain W Dugdale]

Period about 1800.

Rag Fair, Petticoat Lane, Thomas Rowlandson

Sir David Wilkie - Untitled [portrait of David Frazer]

Miseries of bathing, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of travelling, 6, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of travelling - wet to the skin and forced to borrow ill-fitting clothes Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Comfort for an old maid, Thomas Rowlandson

Servante quarteronne de Lima.

Femme de Lima, de la classe moyenne.

Ferre guerrière de la tribu d'Yurimagua.

Costumes des Indiens, pour représenter l'Inca et sa femme.

Tauréador; champion du combat du taureau.

Indien et Indienne, en habit de fête.

Indienne, représentant Minerve Péruvienne.

Gurrier Indien, appartenant à une tribu savage.

Vierge du soleil.

Period about 1810.

Who's mistress now, Thomas Rowlandson

The scene is a kitchen ; a servant is disporting herself before a large glass, in borrowed plumage, in the hat, feathers, and train of her mistress, and flourishing a fan ; meanwhile a group of amused spectator... More

Egyptian female