Spanish Lady of Quality in 1700 with a Long Veil, Jefferys Costume Plate, 1757
€ 420
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1757
Mapmaker / artist
Published by Thomas Jefferys
Publisher
Thomas Jefferys, London
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14276-124
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light handling wear to the bottom left corner; minor nicks along the left edge. Light, uneven toning, lightly soiled along the bottom, left, right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
About this sheet
An original antique print, a copper engraving colored by hand, lettered "Habit of a Spanish Lady of Quality in 1700." A young woman faces the viewer under a long gray veil that falls from the crown of her head and sweeps out behind her to the viewer's right. She wears a short jacket of yellow brocade with pocket flaps, open at the shoulders above a white ruffled neckline, with a large blue bow and a jeweled brooch at the breast and a pendant on a pearl necklace. Lace ruffles fall at her wrists, and she holds a partly opened fan at her waist. A full blue skirt with an embroidered border spreads into a train on the ground behind her.
The English title is engraved in script beneath the image: "Habit of a Spanish Lady of Quality in 1700." Below it is the French caption "Dame de Qualité Espagnòlle." (in English, "Spanish Lady of Quality"), and the plate number 124 is engraved at lower right. "Espagnòlle" is the spelling engraved on the plate. No engraver or designer is named on the plate.
Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, published A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern from his premises in the Strand, London, and this plate is from the second volume, dated 1757 on its title page. The title page credits the designs to Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, and a French title, Recueil des Habillements de Différentes Nations, accounts for the bilingual lettering. It falls among the Spanish figures of the volume. The year in the English title is the date of the costume shown, not of the print, which was published in 1757.
The clear figure and the engraved lettering read well at a distance, which suits a gallery wall of costume prints.
Condition: Light handling wear to the bottom left corner; minor nicks along the left edge. Light, uneven toning, lightly soiled along the bottom, left, right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
