18th Century Men’s Leather Gloves

Last updated: Jan 5, 2024

See other pages on this site for 18th century mittens, women’s leather gloves, knit 18th century gloves, and gloves from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Extant examples

• National Trust 1366743, a cream leather glove stitched with blue, and gauntlet edged with blue silk ribbon, c. 1700
• V&A T.123&A-1969, white over-wrist-length kid gloves with a plain rounded cuff, made in England c. 1730-1760
• A pair of suede gloves that belonged to William IV as a child
• Worshipful Company of Glovers of London 23432 + A, “a pair of men’s rust brown (faded, originally a deep orange red) suede leather gloves, flesh side out, circa 1780-1800, embroidered with white silk pointing and leaf sprigs on the back of the hand, and three embroidery stitched points ending in double arrowheads”
• Met 1990.236a, b, white leather riding gloves, Britain, c. 1785-1794

Portraits and illustrations

• An unknown boy, c. 1700-1729
• Richard Acland, c. 1700-1729
• Reverend Thomas Strickland by Alexis-Simon Belle, c. 1703-1710
• Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford by Paul Carl Leygebe, 1711
• Portrait of an unknown man by Alexis-Simon Belle, c. 1712
• Henry Portman Seymour by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1714
• Sir Abraham Elton by Johan Van Diest, c. 1720
• Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, or possibly Mr Crawley by William Aikman, c. 1720
• A member of the Howell or Lightfoot family, c. 1720-1750
• The Reverend William Lucy by Jonathan Richardson the elder, 1721-1723
• Sir Robert Throckmorton by Nicolas Largillière, 1728-1729
• Sir William Harbord by William Aikman, 1729
• William II Blathwayt, c. 1720-1729
• A young gentleman riding a schooled horse by John Vanderbank, 1728-1729
• Henry Kelsall by William Aikman, 1729
• Sir John Cope by William Aikman, 1729-1732
• Lewis Burwell, c. 1730-1750
• Clemens August as a falconer by P. Horemans, c. 1732
• Portrait of the artist, 1733 or after
• Mann Page II by Charles Bridges, c. 1735-1744
• Illustration from the Rudiments of Genteel Behavoir, 1737
• Sir James Dashwood by Enoch Seeman the Younger, 1737
• George Wenzeslaud von Knobelsdorff by Antoine Pesne, 1737
• A sportsman holding a gun with a dog by his side
• Gentleman with a cannon by Arthur Devis, 1741
• Sir Edward Hales, Baronet, of Hales Place, Hackington, Kent by Philippe Mercier, 1744
• Pamela leaves Mr B’s house in Bedfordshire by Joseph Highmore, c. 1744
• Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire by Arthur Devis, 1745-1747
• Learning about the Hounds by Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, c. 1750
• Prince Augustus William of Prussia, c. 1750
• Henry Vansittart, Governor of Bengal, c. 1750-1760
• Thrower Buckle by Charles Catton the elder, 1750-1798
• An unknown sportsman by Edward Haytley, 1752
• John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl Breadalbane
• Severn Eyre by Benjamin West, c. 1755-1759
• The Artist and his brother Charles, after woodcock-shooting, with their father Thomas Mortimer by John Hamilton Mortimer, early 1760s
• Thomas Charles Bigge by Anton van Maron, 1765
• William Weddell by Pompeo Batoni, 1765-1766
• William Fitzhugh by John Hesselius, c. 1765-1771
• Sir Thomas Dyke Acland by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1767
• William, Sixth Baron Craven by Francis Cotes, 1768
• George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, 1772
• Israel Putnam Eſq^r, 1775
• Heinrich XIII, Graf Reuss by Anton Graff, 1775
• The Doctor’s Pill by John Collet
• Sir Brooke Boothby by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780
• William Grant by Gilbert Stuart, 1782
• The Hon.ble John Byron Vice Admiral and Commander in Chief of his Majesties Naval Forces in North America, 1780s
• Cabinet des Modes ou les Modes Nouvelles, 1 Juillet 1786, pl. I
• The Marquis de Lafayette by Louis Léopold Boilly, 1788
• John Hungerford Penruddocke by Thomas Beach, c. 1787-1806
• Robert Ferguson of Raith and Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Ferguson (The Archers) by Henry Rayburn, 1789-1790
• Sir William Heathcote, the Reverend William Heathcote, and Major Vincent Hawkins Gilbert, out hunting by Daniel Gardner, 1790
• Henry Angelo by Mather Brown, c. 1790
• King William IV as the Duke of Clarence by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1790-1795
• The new man after God’s own heart, 1791
• Portrait of a man in a grey suit by the Chevalier de Montviol, 1791
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Joshua Reynolds
• The Deserter Pardoned by George Morland, 1792
• Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1793-1794
• Pierre Sériziat by Jacques Louis David, 1795
• George Leopold de Gogul by Anton Graff, 1796
• Hawking: The Falconer. Mr. Sam’l. Northcote of Plymouth, 1797
• Louis-Henry-Joseph de Bourbon, ninth and last prince of Condé by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1797
• Young man in a landscape (probably Auguste Labadye) by Charles Toussaint Labadye, 1797
• Skating lovers, 1800
• A Prince of the Old School, 1800
• Captain Townshend, 1800
• Le Suprême Bon Ton N^o. 9 c. 1802