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 167
and, or even bothhands, are inserted through holes, as well as the neck.The annexed representation is not a common one, and farless painful than the plain heavy tablet of wood, the wholeweight of which must be supported on the shoulders ;whereas in this it is mere confinement, without the… … t PLATE XL. CHILDREN EATING THEIR MEAL. Among the peasantry and labouring people of China, allare cooks. A little earthen-ware stove and an iron pan isall that is required. Rice is their principal food, which issimply boiled, and then a little fat of pork or a salt fishput into the pan to mix with…
Clothing and dress
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