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 79
ftI PLATE XVII. A COMMON SEDAN CHAIR. This is one of the most common of sedan chairs, used bythe peasantry; though there are others still meaner, andwithout any covering over head. The wages of labourare so low, and the price of provisions so cheap, that anyman above a common labourer can afford to… … CMIHA—JPJLATE 18 l\iHt/hr.l J.rnMj h,, .l.\h„nu. fffflirrfl Jtwtt PLATE XVIII.A MANDARINS SERVANT ON HORSEBACK. The annexed is a portrait of a true Tartar horse, which seemsto be pretty much of the same breed as those of the Cos-sacks. The Chinese horses are precisely of the same kind.In fact, no…
Clothing and dress
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