Prepatory drawing in reverse for the engraving by Nicolas Dupin (1776-87) for Galerie des Modes et Costumes français. Reprinted by P. Cornus, plate 77. (See Madeleine Delpierre, Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century, (1997): Yale University Press, fig. 41, p. 96.)

This drawing shows the formal attire worn by 18th-century French courtiers when visiting the chateau of Choisy. Courtiers dressed in the same colour and style as the king when traveling with him, and specific colours were designated for different chateaux. Choisy's courtier dress colour was blue.