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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 127
ities of a bamboo lath, swung across the back part ofthe shoulder. If a Chinese should only have one basket tocarry, he is sure to get a log of wood, or a large stone tocounterpoise it at the opposite end, thus preferring to carrya double weight rather than place it on the head, or theshoulder, or… … .ATJE 3©. ISUItfhrd Jtrtiti+hr JMumv. Jlbmuuir Sum PLATE XXX. A FEMALE COMEDIAN. It is, perhaps, more proper to call the annexed figure, therepresentation of a person in the character of a femalecomedian, than a female comedian/ as women havebeen prohibited from appearing publicly on the stagesince…Clothing and dress
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