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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 149

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 149
A MAN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III.(1760—1820) The ciifts have gone, and now the sleeve is leftunbuttoned at the wrist. The coat is long and full-skirted, but not stiffened. The cravat is loosely tied,and the frilled ends stick out. These frills were, irfthe end, made on the shirt, and were called… … GEORGE THE THIRD 73 the shorter hair, the larger neck-cloth, the panta-loons—forerunners of Brummells invention—theopen sleeve. Number twelve shows us an ordinary gentlemanin a coat and waistcoat, with square flaps, calleddogs ears. As the drawings continue you can see that thedress became inore…

Costume -- Great Britain

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