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 171
incipal food, which issimply boiled, and then a little fat of pork or a salt fishput into the pan to mix with it and give it a relish ; theydrink little else besides water,which is usually carried aboutin a gourd slung on the back; and they require no tablenor chairs. Each person has his bowl and… … PLATE XLI. A SEDAN CHAIR. The vehicles of this description are nearly as various in thedifferent provinces of China, and among the differentranks of inhabitants, as their boats and barges are. Theone here engraved belongs to a person in a certain rank oflife, probably an inferior mandarin. It will…
Clothing and dress
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