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The Costume of Great Britain

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Date

1808

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3610186

Additional Makers

Publisher - William Miller; Print maker - William Henry Pyne

Description

A book on the subject of British costume, mostly of different professions or dignities, short descriptive texts related to each image, with several plates. 1808. 14. A woman churning butter with a cloth apron tied about her waist and a mob-cap on her head, another woman milking a cow beyond.

Inscription

Title page lettered "The Costume of Great Britain. Designed, Engraved , and Written by W. H. Pyne." "London: Published by William Miller, Albermarle-Street. 1808."

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

England

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