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 115
ys his head ; he takes care of hisareca-box and his tobacco pipe, attends him on all occa-sions, fans him while asleep ; and, if report speaks truth,serves him for other unworthy purposes. Every mandarinhas one or more of these kind of boys whom, even inpublic, they treat with a familiarity which… … PLATE XXVII. A TRAVELLING SMITH. It is a peculiar feature in all the Oriental nations, that themost beautiful specimens of workmanship in the variousarts are made with the most simple and at the same timemost clumsey tools. The artificers moreover are rarelyfixed, or settled in a workshop…
Clothing and dress
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