Habit of a Spanish Gentleman

by Thomas Jefferys

This compelling engraving of the Geographer to King George III, Thomas Jefferys, provides an ultimate record of Iberian masculinity during the 18th century. It is more than a mere fashion illustration but instead provides a glimpse at how Spanish gentlemen moved beyond their conservative past and towards the rising Rococo influences from France.

During this time, the identity of a gentleman could be found in his silhouette itself.