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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 183

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rts of themwhich consist of their own embroidering, are exceedinglybeautiful. Confined by education in their mental acquire-ments, a great part of their time is employed in works ofthis kind, in looking after and cultivating plants growingin pots which decorate their apartments and inner… … hib* J.ttri-i.).hv J Afumm, .1lhrot.tr/,- .iftrr/ . PLATE XLIV. A NURSERY MAID AND TWO CHILDREN. The annexed are portraits of a female servant, and of amale and female child, which will give a tolerably correctidea of the dresses worn by them respectively. That ofthe maid servant differs in nothng…

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