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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 117

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 117
jerkinis not stuffed out, and his ruffis not starched to stick up roundhis head. His hair is cut inthree points, one over each earand the third over the centre ofhis forehead, where we see a twisted lock tied withribbon. We seem to know these people well—very well. The first, whose clothes are of… … 72 ENGLISH COSTUME across our memory the picture of a lighted stage, arow of shops, a policeman, and then a well-knownvoice calling, Hello, Joey, here we are again ! Here we are again after all these centuries—clown and pantaloon, the rustic with red health onhis face, the old man in Venetian…

Costume -- Great Britain

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