Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions (1814)
Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer · leaf 107
ise, assumes allkinds of whimsical attitudes, jumping about and tumblingover each other, like so many mountebanks. Indeed thewhole of the Chinese military tactics are as absurd as theyare ridiculous. When an army is drawn out, it must re-present the heavens, or the earth, or the moon, or the… … fJHIIirA—PJLAXE 26. h.i.u/f!,:i iftnfrtf fly Jlfiumjt iflimw ft .V7/n* - PLATE XXV. A RAREE SHOW. There is every reason to believe,, that Punch and his wifewere originally natives of China ; and that all our puppet-shows were brought from that country. The little theatre.,above the head of a man…
Clothing and dress
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