Habit of a Tartarian Lady

by Thomas Jefferys

Time travel back to the mid-18th century with this beautiful copperplate engraving from Thomas Jeffery’s A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations. The print depicts the elaborate costume of a noble woman from Tartaria, symbolizing the interest that the West had regarding the “Silk Route” and other eastern regions. Not only is it a fashion print, but a very significant historical one as well.