Trachtenbuch illustrations, 1577

Plate 20: a merchant's wife; whole-length figure in profile to right; wearing a fur-trimmed dress with an apron and a black cap with fur; a purse suspended from a belt; illustration to hans weigel's 'habitus praecipuorum populorum. Das ist trachtenbuch', 2nd ed. , ulm: kühn for görlin, 1639. 1577 woodcut and letterpress. Date: 1577. Dimensions: Height: 213 mm; ; Width: 167 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Hans Weigel. Collection: British Museum.