Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Carrafa, Juan, 1787-1869

Title:

Colección de trages de España.

Alternate Title(s):

Trages de España

Published / Created:

[Madrid] : [Calcografía Real], [1825?]

Physical Description:

[1], 56, 56 leaves : all illustrations ; 24 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT1207 C64 1800z
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Notes:

Engraver, illustrator, and imprint from National Library of Spain.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled and blind-stamped green morocco.

With an etched title leaf and and 112 illustrations of characters of different places and professions, dressed in local costumes. The engravings are presented in numbered pairs, often juxtaposing a man and a woman of a given category, e.g. for no. 22, "Labrador de Galicia" and "Labradora de Galicia."

Subject Terms:

Clothing and dress -- Spain -- Pictorial works.

Form/Genre:

Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1825.

Contributors:

Ribelles y Helip, José, 1778–1835, illustrator. | Calcografía Nacional (Espanya), publisher.