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Peasant with family

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BL3268579
Image title
Peasant with family
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Artist
Alexander, William (1767-1816) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
engraving
Date
1805 AD (C19th AD)
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The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c Author: Alexander, William / William Miller: London, 1805 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 455.e.9, plate 2 A peasant with his wife and family. The mother is smoking tobacco with a pipe. The father wears attached to his girdle, a tobacco purse, knife case, and his flint and steel, by which the Chinese light a pipe very expeditiously. The feet of the children are bound in bandages to restrict the growth of the feet. Image taken from The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Originally published/produced in William Miller: London, 1805.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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19th century / Asia / China / colour / engraving / mzengraving / costume / clothing
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