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 67
inthe same direction, applied a sail to assist the progress oftheir land carriages; but the late British Embassy has fur-nished us with the precise manner in which these sails areapplied, and it appears that they are meant only to aid asort of wheelbarrow, different however in its structure ;that… … I111. TuitUui.Jtmiitl4 : PLATE XV.A MANDARIN IN HIS COMMON DRESS. The official habits in which all the mandarins are com-pelled to appear in public being made of the thickest silk,are exceedingly cumbersome,, and not well adapted for thesummer months, which are excessively hot even in themost…
Clothing and dress
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