FLO4686093: English aristocrat, reign of Louis XVI, 1775, taking a pinch of snuff from a snuff box. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Moreau from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570261: Page or squire, Varlet or damoiseau, to a knight, 15th century France. He wears an embroidered especially, red pourpoint and hose, and holds an epee and shield without coat of arms. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a tarot card by Jacquemin Gringonneur in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Nicolas Xavier Willemin II 176) from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4617006: Heinrich Schmid, Swiss hallebardier, 16th century - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from “Costumes historiques des 16e, 17e et 18e ecles” by Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), edition 1867, Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) / Bridgeman Images