Eighteenth-century dress posters & prints

Circassian dress, 1796, English dress, 1789, and caraco housecoat Anonymous

James Boswell, esq in the dress of an armed Corsican Chief, 1769. James Wale

A Milliner's Shop; Mrs Monopolize, the butcher's wife, purchasing a modern head dress Anonymous

The Preposterous Head Dress or The Feathered Lady Anonymous

French fashions from the 18th century Anonymous

French fashion during the reign of Louis XVI Anonymous

Dress, detail Unknown

French Costume Jean-Antoine Watteau

A Gentleman's Dressing Room J Golder

A princess' costume Leclere

Mantua or court dress; Gown and Petticoat. England, 18th century Unknown

'Dr Johnson in his travelling dress, as described in Boswell's Tour,' c1773 Thomas Trotter

Taste a la mode F Patton

Full dress suit. France, 18th century Unknown

Parisian Ladies in their Full Winter Dress for 1800, 1799. James Gillray

The Present Age... LP Boitard

Portrait of a lady Nicolas de Largilliere

Costumes Anonymous

Costume in England Anonymous

Apron, gown and petticoat. Britain, mid-18th century Unknown

An eighteenth-century dandy in Ranelagh Gardens, London Anonymous

Building Houses with Cards Truchy

The Sporting Lady Anonymous

Captain Francis Grose By Himself Francis Grose

Reconciliation or the Return from Scotland Anonymous

Dress coat and waistcoat, detail. Italy, 18th century Anonymous

People of consequence John O'Keeffe

1784, or the Fashions of the Day Thomas Rowlandson

Fashion plate depicting women's costume Unknown

Flower Girl, 18th century Francois Boucher

The Rehearsal, 1886 Edmund Blair Leighton

And catch the living manners as they rise Anonymous

Taste a la mode in the year 1735: Being the contrast to the year 1745 Evan Davis

Clementina as an 18th century fancy-dress shepherdess Lady Clementina Hawarden

French Costume Jean-Antoine Watteau

'The Two Patriotic Duchesses on their canvass requesting the favour of an early poll,' 1784 Thomas Rowlandson