The Costume of China / Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

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LIST OF THE PLATES.

PLATE I. FRONTISPIECE.

Plate II. KIEN LUNG.

Plate III. THE FISHING CORMORANTS.

Plate IV. A MAN SERVANT.

Plate V. A MANDARIN IN HIS COURT DRESS.

Plate VI. AN OFFERING IN THE TEMPLE.

Plate VII. A JUGGLER, PERFORMING TRICKS WITH JARS.

Plate VIII. CHILDREN COLLECTING MANURE.

Plate IX. A WATCHMAN.

Plate X. A LADY, AND HER SON.

Plate XI. A BONZE.

Plate XII. A VENDER OF LANTERNS.

Plate XIII. A SOLDIER WITH HIS MATCHLOCK.

Plate XIV. A PORTER CARRYING GOODS.

Plate XV. A MANDARIN IN HIS COMMON DRESS.

Plate XVI. A BOAT GIRL.

Plate XVII. A COMMON SEDAN CHAIR.

Plate XVIII. A MANDARIN'S SERVANT ON HORSEBACK.

Plate XIX. AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.

Plate XX. AN OFFICER OF THE CORPS OF BOWMEN.

Plate XXI. A CHINESE MENDICANT.

Plate XXII. CHINESE BARBERS CHAMPOOING, and c.

Plate XXIII. A BOOKSELLER.

Plate XXIV. A SOLDIER OF INFANTRY.

Plate XXV. A RAREE SHOW.

Plate XXVI. A MANDARIN'S PAGE.

Plate XXVII. A TRAVELLING SMITH.

Plate XXVIII. VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF A RELATION.

Plate XXIX. A SELLER OF RICE.

Plate XXX. A FEMALE COMEDIAN.

Plate XXXI. A SEDAN BEARER.

Plate XXXII. A MAN SELLING BETEL, and c.

Plate XXXIII. A CHINESE CARRIAGE.

Plate XXXIV. A MAN WITH PIPES FOR SALE.

Plate XXXV. A WATERMAN IN HIS BARGE.

Plate XXXVI. A TRADESMAN WITH HIS SWAN-PAN.

Plate XXXVII. FEMALE PEASANT.

Plate XXXVIII. A TARTAR DRAGOON.

Plate XXXIX. PUNISHMENT OF THE TCHA , OR CANGUE.

Plate XL. CHILDREN EATING THEIR MEAL.

Plate XLI. A SEDAN CHAIR.

Plate XLII. VIEW ON THE GREAT CANAL.

Plate XLIII. A CHINESE LADY OF RANK.

Plate XLIV. A NURSERY MAID AND TWO CHILDREN.

Plate XLV. A STAGE PLAYER.

Plate XLVI. TRACKERS REGALING.

Plate XLVII. A MANDARIN'S OFFICER.

Plate XLVIII. PUNISHMENT FOR INSOLENCE TO A SUPERIOR.

Plate XLIX. WOMAN SELLING CHOW-CHOW.

Plate L. A MILITARY POST.

THE

COSTUME
of
CHINA

by
W. Alexander
F.S.A. &c.

China—Plate 1


PICTURESQUE
REPRESENTATIONS
 
OF
THE DRESS AND MANNERS
 
OF THE
CHINESE.

ILLUSTRATED IN
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS.

BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET
BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW.
1814.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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