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Description: | This man's costume indicates he must have lived under the reign of Louis XV (1723-1774). The lace collar, richly decorated jacket, as well as the curled hair and the absence of moustache, suggest this approximate date. The man is holding a snuff box, from which he appears to have taken a pinch in his right hand. In the eighteenth century, tobacco was sold in tobacco shops, in the shape of plaits which the user had to cut a piece from before chewing it. In order to inhale it, as many men did, the tobacco had to be reduced to a powder. This habit appears to have originated in Spain and Portugal. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8940... | Go to resource |
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