A Woman of Lapland in traditional dress. Une Lapone. THE Lapland Women are short, but often well formed, obliging, modest, and extremely irritable. ‘Their trowsers, shoes, doublets and close coats,… Read More
A Woman of Lapland in traditional dress.
Tag: Edward Harding
Costume of the Russian empire, illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings, by Edward Harding. March 28th, 1803. Printed by T. Bensley for John Stockdale. Fashion Image Collection.
Kuril Islands. Aboriginal Ainu in traditional costume.
Kuril Islands. Aboriginal Ainu in traditional costume. Un Kourilien. THE Kuriles are a chain of islands extending from the south promontory of Kamchatka as far as Japan. The Japanese have… Read More
A Koriak in his Holiday Dress.
A Koriak in his Holiday Dress. Un Koriak en Habit de Fête. THE ties of blood form no obstacle to the conjugal union of the Koriaks. They are permitted to… Read More
A Female Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress.
A Female Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress. Une Koriake. THE stationary Koriaks are far from entertaining the jealous sentiments of their neighbors, of whom we have just spoken: on the… Read More
A Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress.
A Koriak in traditional Kamtchatka dress. Un Koriak. THE Koryaks are, principally, scattered to the north of the Pengina lake and the peninsula of Kamtchatka, as far as the coasts of… Read More
A Kyrgyz in traditional dress on Horseback.
A Kyrgyz in traditional dress on Horseback. Une Kirguis à Cheval. THE Kyrgyz call themselves Sara-Kaisaki, or Kosacs of the desert. If we may trust their traditions, they originally came, in… Read More
A Female Kyrgyz folk dress.
A Female Kyrgyz folk dress. Une Kirguise. THE head-dress of the Kyrgyz females of distinction consists of a large piece of thin stuff, folded in the form of a turban: their… Read More
A Kamchadale in his Winter Dress.
A Kamchadale in his Winter Dress. Un Kamtchadale en Habit d’Hiver. A CHAIN of stony and barren mountains, extending from the fifty-first to the sixty-second degree of north latitude, forms… Read More
Woman from Kamtschatka in ordinary dress
A Kamchadale in his ordinary Dress. Un Kamtchadale en habit ordinaire. WHEN we consider the natural productions of Kamchatka, and the severity of the climate of this peninsula, some idea… Read More
Traditional Kamtschatka Holiday Dress
Traditional Kamtschatka Holiday Dress. Une Kamchadale en Habit de Fête. THE Kamtchadale seldom chooses a wife from among the females who dwell in the same hut with himself. He repairs to… Read More
