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 143
ukward manner here represented. Theyhave no springs, nor any seat in the inside, the personsusing them always sitting cross-legged on a cushion at thebottom. In these carts the gentlemen of Lord Macartneysembassy who had not horses, were accommodated, over astone pavement full of rutts and holes.… … CHIKA-PJLArE 8.4. rttuM-JUumv-lU^marl. n..r PLATE XXXIV. A MAN WITH PIPES FOR SALE. The very general use of tobacco throughout the wholeextensive empire of China, and the still more extensiveregions of Tartary, would seem to contradict the com-monly received opinion, that this herb is indigenous…
Clothing and dress
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