Peasant boy of Nisa, Portugal 1808. IN this district a variation is observable in the dress of the peasantry, and bespeaks the contiguity of the Spanish frontier. Instead of cocked… Read More
Peasant boy of Nisa, Portugal 1808.
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The costume of Portuguese ladies of rank.
The costume of Portuguese ladies of rank, which corresponds to English or French fashion, is complemented by a white handkerchief worn as a headdress and a coat resembling the capa.
A Gentleman in the ordinary Portuguese habit.
The capa or cloak, the remains of the Roman toga, is worn in Lisbon by every class of citizens
The Franciscan order was marked by the severity of its discipline.
The Franciscan order, founded in the year 1209, was marked by the severity of its discipline
The ordinary dress of a Peasant of Torres Vedras.
The peasants of this district are of a stout and hardy constitution, they are said to be capable of great exertion, and patient under fatigue
Spanish Peasant in a straw coat, 1808.
PEASANT IN A STRAW COAT. THE shepherds and labouring Peasants in most provinces of the Peninsula, protect themselves from the periodical heavy rains by a straw covering; this species of… Read More
Folk costume from Arles, Provence
Woman from Arles, Provence.
Oxcart of the Portuguese Province of Extremadura
The Portuguese Oxcart of Estremadura has the appearance of a primitive invention.
Landing of the English troops in the Bay of Maceira.
THE fleet with the troops came to an anchor in the open sea, off this Creek, on the 25th of August, 1808.
Woman folk dress from Saint Jean d’Arves, Savoy France.
Traditional woman folk dress from Saint Jean d’Arves, Savoy France. Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes