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 47
tchman is also furnished with a paper lantern.At the great gates of cities, and at certain distancesin the main streets are guard-houses, at which a partyof soldiers are stationed to aid the police, if necessary ;but this is rarely the case, as, in addition to the commonwatch, every tenth… … s PLATE X. A LADY, AND HER SON. The annexed print is the representation of a Chinese Lady,and her Son, of a certain rank in life, from which no highideas will probably be entertained of the taste in dresseither of one or the other. Our modern notions of ahead-dress, however, approximate those of…
Clothing and dress
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