Caption:
Gentleman Incroyable in long riding coat, 1798. Top hat with half-shaved hair. Long-waisted coat. Octagonal buttons. Garters in leather attached to low boots. Chapeau en bateau. Cheveux a demi rases. Redingote a taille longue. Boutons octogones. Jarretiere en cuir fixee aux bottines. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Journal des Modes et Dames, Paris, 1798. The illustrations in volume 1 were by Carle Vernet, Claude Louis Desrais and Philibert Louis Debucourt.