The peasantry, the fishermen, the postillions, all classes below the bourgeoisie, are now, as they were formerly, dressed in heavy, cumbrous woolen cloth.
Fishermen at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Département Pas-de-Calais.
Tag: Richard Bridgens
Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy by Richard Bridgens. Text by John William Polidori. London. Published by Baldwin, and Joy, Paternoster Row; and Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly. 1821.
An old woman tells sleepy stories. Mont Cenis. Nursing 1821.
Nursing at Mont Cenis. Infancy is ever the same in all countries. A child puts on the spectacles of age, an old woman tells sleepy stories.
French Postillion wearing sçavans, nankeen trousers and leather hat.
The mixture of self-conceit, noise, tawdry, and shifts, forming his composition, constitute a true and complete emblem of his countrymen’s natural accomplishments and qualities.