Classic Fashion Illustrations

Artistic depictions of historical fashion with a vintage flair. Features clothing sketches and character illustrations from past eras.

Eyre Massey Shaw (1830-1908) 'Captain Shaw'. Head of London Metropolitan Fire Brigade 1861-91. Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini) from 'Vanity Fair', London, 3 June 1871.

Roman Polichinelle in fast evening costume.

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Permissive Prohibtion'. Sir Wilfred Lawson. 11 May 1872, 1872. Chromolithograph.

Pencil and watercolor depiction by Heinrich Lefler showing a standing young girl, including posture, clothing, gesture, and expression.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Good Looks', Viscount Cole, October 7, 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Creighton Kay Scott, Tail Coat, c 1937 Tail Coat

Henry De Wolfe, Man's Suit, 1935 1942 Man's Suit

Eyre Massey Shaw (1830-1908) 'Captain Shaw'. Head of London Metropolitan Fire Brigade 1861-91. Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini) from 'Vanity Fair', London, 3 June 1871.

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'One of those'. Sir Walter Barttelot Bartte-lot. Oct 23, 1886, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1886, Chromolithograph

Dandy, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 1887 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Occupations for Women" series of trading cards (N166) was issued by Goodwin & Company in 1887 to promote Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns all 50 cards in the series, as well as three duplicate cards.. Dandy, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. 1887. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Goodwin & Company

CHOLET COSTUME, ROLE OF CHAPELOU IN THE POSTILLON OF LONJUMEAU (OPERA-COMICO, October 13, 1836) Alexandre Lacauchie (active between 1830 and 1860). Cholet's costume, Chapelou role in Lonjumeau (Opera-comic, October 13, 1836). Lead mine.

Journal des Ladies et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 10 Janvier 1803, AN 11, (441): Habillement du Matin. Standing man, seen on the back, dressed in a costume for the morning. He wears a frak on a knee pants. Shirt, cravat and stockings. Accessories: Hat of fur (), Gloves, boots with contrasting folders. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Laden et DES Moldes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.

Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Horseflesh', The Earl of Portsmouth, July 1, 1876, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1876, Chromolithograph

Mary E Humes, Man's Suit, c 1937 Man's Suit

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Horseflesh', The Earl of Portsmouth, July 1, 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Actress wearing striped skirt, from the Actresses series (N664) promoting Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco 1888-90 Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N664), issued 1888-90 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.. Actress wearing striped skirt, from the Actresses series (N664) promoting Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco. 1888-90. Albumen photograph

Vanity Fair: Turf Devotees; 'Newmarket', Mr. Charles Day Rose, June 30, 1904, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1904, Chromolithograph

Man's Coat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.6 cm (11 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: front from shoulder to bottom: 24 3/4" long; back: 23" long; length of coat tail: 21 1/2" long; shoulers: 13"wide;. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry De Wolfe.

French 1930's illustration of a wealthy man holding a glass of champagne.

Traje típico de hidalgo campesino de Castilla de principios del siglo XX. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Paris Illustrated / Weekly Journal / Spadassin Cover

Vanity Fair: Teachers and Headmasters; 'Young Oxford', Viscount Lymington, November 13, 1880, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1880, Chromolithograph

Design of the costume of a nobleman for the film 'Pan Tadeusz' Master Thaddeus, directed by Ryszard Ordyński, from 1928. Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1872-1941), draughtsman, cartoonist

Vanity Fair: Sports, Miscellaneous: Sport Riders; 'A Cunarder', Sir Bache Edward Cunard, February 5, 1881, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1881, Chromolithograph

A Gentleman of Fashion of the time of Henry VIII, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 31 octobre 1813, (1350).Standing boy playing with a toll. He wears a costume with buttons 'à la husarde' without loops. Flat shoes with square noses with bows. Proof of a print of the fashion magazine Journal des Laden et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146139-22 Mode drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model, feminine model female mode mannequin

Cabinet of modes or new modes, September 1, 1786, pl. II, A.B. Duhamel, after L, 1786 Man in half mourning. According to the accompanying text, the man is dressed in a gray jacket ('habit') with black velvet collar, below he wears a striped vest of Tafzijde and a knee pants with round buckles at the zoom. Wrinkled Jabot () and cuffs. Hat à l'Androsmane with button and lis, tail wrapped with black fabric, breloques, shoes with round buckles. Haircut The print is part of the 20th cahier from the Cabinet des Modes Ou Les Modes Nouvelles series. The series consists of 72 fashion prints, published by Buisson, Paris, November 15, 1785 - November 1, 1786. Paris paper engraving Man in half mourning. According to the accompanying text, the man is dressed in a gray jacket ('habit') with black velvet collar, below he wears a striped vest of Tafzijde and a knee pants with round buckles at the zoom. Wrinkled Jabot () and cuffs. Hat à l'Androsmane with button and lis, tail wrapped with black fabri

Der Musiklehrer , Operas & operettas, Costumes

Pierrot with a monocle, c. 1917 - c. 1919 The pierrot is called a burning cigarette between the fingers of his left hand. With the right hand he holds a stick with which he leans to the ground. Page 13 from a sketchbook with 28 magazines. paper. Types in 'commedia dell'arte': Pierrot. Monocle, single Lorgnette. cigarette

Creighton Kay Scott, Trousers, 1935 1942 Trousers

Uniform. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.8 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harold Smith.

Hanging jacket in a dark interior. .

Woman wearing a wrap-over outdoor autumn coat made of velour and sitka fox trim. Date: 1923

Day Dress. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 25.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irene M. Burge.

France, Paris, costume sketch for Count Almaviva for performance The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, at Paris Opera

Satire on the last fashion; Der Vollkommene Jüngling, Ein Modebild im Neuesten Gemmacke. A figure with pointing rack consisting of utensils: his hat consists of a cup, his neck from perfume bottles, his chest from a saddle, his arms from bags and glasses, his feet out of pipes and his skirt from folders from popular theater and music pieces. In the background a wall with placards.

French fashionable woman in a Polish witzchoura trimmed with fur, plumed hat in terry velvet. Chapeau de velours epingle, witz-choura garni de petit gris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Charles Baquoy after a fashion plate by Horace Vernet from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, 1815.

Olga , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Fashionable woman in velvet hat with plumes, wool frock coat trimmed with ermine and velvet, clasp purse. Chapeau de velours, redingote de merinos garnie en velours et en hermine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Charles Baquoy after a fashion plate by Horace Vernet from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, 1814.

Toujours Chic Les Deshabillés, Hiver 1921-1922: Orie. Print from catalog "Toujours Chic" in which an overview of the winter fashion 1921-1922.

Hanging jacket in a dark interior, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk coat (+ men's clothes)

Young lady has been on a serious hat-purchasing spree, she has bought so many hats, that she is struggling to carry the large hatbox, so she has decided to put some hats on her head. Date: 1928

Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914. Artist: Léon Bakst (Russian, Grodno 1866-1924 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 in. × 7 in. (27 × 17.8 cm). Date: ca. 1914.Drawing with a costume design for a valet, likely for the ballet 'Les Papillons,' by Léon Bakst. Les Papillons was premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo in 1914, performed by the Ballets Russes led by Serge Diaghilev. The designs for this ballet marked the end of a break of almost two years in which Bakst stopped collabroating with Diaghilev. Although Bakst was recognized for the orientalist inspiration and a sensational style, the designs for this ballet were much more pared down, with a subtler use of color and a less sensuous line of the body, which by 1914 had become an essential part of the Ballet Russes and the modern ballet scene in Paris.This drawing presents a standing male figure with a greenish-brown jacket with white borders, tied around t

Published by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks, 1814-1885, British, Jockeys of the Victorian and Edwardian Turf executed by Spy and others for the 'Vanity Fair' Series. Chromolithograph.

Fashion Plate, 'Promenade Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts'. Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834). England, London, December 1, 1816. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Vanity Fair: Jockeys; 'Top of the List', William Higgs, November 21, 1906, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1906, Chromolithograph

Contadino , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Anziano (coro) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Max Max Furs. "Model drawing". Ink on paper. 1911. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 146138-10 Fashion drawing, haute couture, feminine mode, feminine model female model mannequin

Doll and Costume. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 27.9 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary E. Humes.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Jockeys; 'Top of the List', William Higgs, November 21, 1906, 1906. Chromolithograph.

COSTUMES D HUMANN. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

This 1899 illustration shows a man in the time of George III (1760-1820). The full-skirted coat was still worn but, as can be seen here, has given way, in general, to the tail-coat. The waistcoat is much shorter. Black silk knee-breeches and stockings are common.

I buy my boots at the "Up-Town" shoe store | Library of Congress

Unidentified Italian opera costume design plate 4 , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Francia. Siglo XIX. Uniformes y vestidos de gala. Consejero de prefectura.

The Actor Alcide Tousez as a tailor. Portrait of the Alcidetousez actor in the role of tailor who feels or the iron is warm enough. Shirt on which a double-breasted vest. On long pants a long apron with two bags.

Woman wearing a Cul de Paris or bustle, a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, woodcut, France, Europe

Illustration of a working woman in England 1891

Woman wearing a green fabric city dress, round skirt, coat with buttons and a hat with ribbons, creation by Green, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 44, October 31, 1909.

Woman rider or Amazone with her horse. She wears a short-haired beaver-skin hat, long riding dress in wool and holds a riding crop. Castor à Poil Ras. Habit Amazône en Drap. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Dames et des Modes, Magazine of Women and Fashion, Paris, An 11, 1803. Illustrations by Carle Vernet, Jean-Francois Bosio, Dominique Bosio and Philibert Louis Debucourt, engraved by Pierre-Charles Baquoy.

Olga , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

Woman wearing a dress in blue summer Drap, wide skirt covered with a shorter tunic, corset with laces and a hat with bow, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 36, September 3, 1916.

Fashion, Italy 20th century. Men's fashion plate. From La Moda Maschile, June 1, 1911.

Vanity Fair: Jockeys; Tom Loates, October 4, 1890, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1890, Chromolithograph

Man's Suit. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 34.2 x 24.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Creighton Kay-Scott.

A young man wearing checked trousers looks in horror at the state of the jacket he is holding up to inspect. Coloured lithograph after J.V. Barret.

Costume design for the play The Masquerade by M. Lermontov by Golovin, Alexander Yakovlevich (1863-1930) / State Museum of Theatre and Music Art, St. Petersburg / Theatrical scenic painting / 1917 / Russia / Watercolour, gouache, ink and pen on paper / O

Hans Makart in the costume for Macart Festival , Victor also, Viktor Angerer -, photographer

Woman wearing a dress in bouclee canvas, waist belt, corset with seafaring collar, umbrella, colored engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 23, June 10, 1917.

Two standing men, c. 1928 - c. 1930 One of the men has a cigarette in the mouth and wears a sweater and socks with motif. The other wears a hat, jacket and pants. Page 20 from a sketchbook with 51 sheets. paper. chalk standing figure. fashion, clothing

Florestan, design for a costume for the ballet Carnival by Leon Bakst, composed by Robert Schumann, 1919. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.

Napoleon in a boot, 1813. Cartoon of Napoleon in a boot, 1813. With four-line caption.

Gallic woman, vintage engraving. Gallic woman, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660294

Boy's Suit. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 35.7 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marjorie McIntyre.

La mode sous Charles X. , Men, Clothing & dress, Staffs Sticks, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Man in new blue suit, pearl vest and white shirt, designed by Kriegck, with red-lined cape. Habit nouveau par Kriegck. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Charles Martin from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes, Aux Bureaux du Journal des Dames, Paris, 1913.

Design for costumes of the Dobrzyńskcy for the film 'Pan Tadeusz' Master Thaddeus, directed by Ryszard Ordyński, from 1928. Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1872-1941), draughtsman, cartoonist

Helen E Gilman, Dapper Dan Store Figure, 1937 Dapper Dan Store Figure

This circa 1900 color print depicts a man, described as a lord, wearing a salon suit, showing fashion, formal attire, and early 20th-century European portrait conventions.

Woman in a suit, fashion photo, 1925.

Captain, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 1887 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Occupations for Women" series of trading cards (N166) was issued by Goodwin & Company in 1887 to promote Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns all 50 cards in the series, as well as three duplicate cards.. Captain, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. 1887. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Goodwin & Company

Souvenir album of Paul Poiret's trip to Copenhagen. Arrival of Paul Poiret and his models at the station. 1925. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Souvenir album, arrival, French designer, haute couture, model, travel

Hat in white taffeta trimmed with pink ribbon.. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times," by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court.

La mode en 1881. , Men, Clothing & dress, Staffs Sticks, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Man of the Moment, a local grocer, is depicted wearing expensive clothes and smoking a fat cigar. Shopkeepers were often accused of profiteering during the Great War and were frequently satirised. Date: c.1916

France, 1772-1776 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Studenti atto I , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

'The famous Aquascutum sale of Ladies and Gentlemens overcoats and raincoats' Date: 1935

Selling umbrellas at 6d each - London. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1887.

Mrs Saint George, by William Newenham Orpen, (1878-1931), England, London, Christie's Images

Dorothy Gernon, Riding Boot, c 1936 Riding Boot

Engraving depicting a sportsman's cape and hat of 'paramatta', a rubberised woollen cloth

Typical Mexican Costumes. Original caption: Series pictures used to prepare dioramas illustrating traffic on the El Camino Real at San Antonio Texas in 1836 and 1936.

RAFAEL ALBAICIN VESTIDO DE TORERO - 1941 - O/L 200x104. Author: IGNACIO ZULOAGA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Pedraza. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Billy paper doll clothing , Sleepwear, Uniforms. Phyllis Tyler Paper Doll Collection

Rex F Bush, Doll Clarissa, c 1937 Doll - Clarissa

Billy paper doll clothing , Sleepwear, Uniforms. Phyllis Tyler Paper Doll Collection

Turiddu , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

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