Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 193
et of teeth, and a huge blackstock, under-waistcoats, more under-waistcoats, andthen nothing. Nothing ! Thackeray is right; absolutely nothingremains of this King George of ours but a sale listof his wardrobe, a wardrobe which fetched £15,000 A MAN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE IV.(1820—1830) Here you see… … GEORGE THE FOURTH 98 second-hand—a wardrobe that had been a man.He invented a shoe-buckle 1 inch long and5 inches broad. He wore a pink silk coat withwhite cuffs. He had 5,000 steel beads on his hat.He was a coward, a good-natured, contemptiblevoluptuary. Beside him, in our eyes, walks for atime…
Costume -- Great Britain
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