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 35
bes on high occasions of state, as at the corona-tion of the King, the opening of a session of Parliament,the trial of a Peer by the High Court of Parliament, &c.&c. Formerly they used alw^ays to wear robes, when inthe House of Lords, but this has been long discontinued.All Peers of the… … ElfGlAKB-PLATE 7. rubWkU JarajM}. bv J.i{umi^. /Ilh,., PLATE VII.DUSTMAN. The ashes which daily accumulate in the houses of themetropolis, from the constant use of coal as fuel, are re-moved, from time to time, by a class of men named dust-men, in the employ of those persons who farm of…
Costume -- Great Britain · Great Britain -- Social life and customs
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