#fromourcollection: Happy birthday Marie-Antoinette! the 206th plate from the series "la Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français". This large vintage print from 1781 depicting the Queen of France was engraved by Dupin after Pierre-Thomas Leclerc. The caption of this plate reads: "Marie Antoinette, Archiduchesse d'Autriche. Soeur de l'Empereur Reine de France, vetue de ses Hâbits royaux". The printmakers Esnauts et Rapilly had already published a print of this portrait by Leclerc in 1778 but engraved by Le Beau then. French printmakers have always known how to recycle. #fashionhistory #fashionplate #fashionillustration #royaldress #18thcenturyfashion #dresshistory #histoiredelamode #galleriedesmodes #marieantoinette #pierrethomasleclerc #dupin
