Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the English (1813)
Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean by Howlett and Brimmer · leaf 31
PLATE V. FEMALE SHRIMPER. The catching of shrimps, ciiiefly for the supply of theLondon market, affords a means of livelihood to manyfemales on different parts of the English coast. Eachshrimper is furnished with a net suspended to the end ofa slender pole, which, after wading in to a… … EFGLANB =PI^TE 6o PuHijTuJ .Tan..l/13;ty JMurrny.^-lCbcmdrlr Strret. PLATE VI. PEER IN HIS ROBES. The British Peerage comprises live degrees, viz. Duke,Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron; these titles areconferred by the King, either by patent or writ, andthereby rendered hereditary, and every…
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