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The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)

Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 309

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on the representative of Punch which flourished inCalabria, and which went by the name of Gian-gurgolo (see Figure 150). The French Punch is called Guignol, of which thederivation cannot be directly traced, but Mr. Heppelhas made an interesting suggestion that in the name 258 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS… … Fig. 151.—An ancient bronze statuette with the face and featuresof Punch (after Ficorroni). An ancient statuette which is figured by Ficorroni(see Figure 151) is supposed by antiquarians to repre-sent Punch, and if the individual whom it representsdid not go by that name, he must certainly have…

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