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The art of beauty (1883)

Haweis, Mary Eliza Joy, 1852-1898 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 68

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sketcheda few, which we may suppose to be the simple people GOOD AND BAD COSTUMES. 47 as they went about Greek streets, hiding their handsfrom the sun in the folds of their mantles, defendingtheir heads against sharp winds and showers. No. 5—might be a handmaiden with a kerchief aroundher curls,… … Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. with uncovered hair, as in Germany and Italy they gobarehead still, in summer; 8—looks like some wise andcomely matron intent on some good errand, as shehastens through the bleak winds and miry grounds ofwintry weather. The absurd parody of the dress, adopted by the…

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