Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Title:
The ancient costume of Great Britain and Ireland : from the seventh to the sixteenth century, selected from rare specimens in the possession of the author, and accompanied with suitable descriptions and illustrations / by Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.
Alternate Title(s):
Ancient costume of England
Edition:
An improved edition.
Published / Created:
London : Republished by the new proprietor, J. Dowding, bookseller, 82, Newgate Street, 1815.
Physical Description:
[3], vi-viii, [124] pages, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by John Augustus Atkinson, John Hill, Robert Havell, Daniel Havell, and J. Merigot; after Charles Hamilton Smith.
Subject Terms:
Ethnic costume -- Great Britain -- History. | Ethnic costume -- Ireland -- History. | Ethnic costume -- British Isles. | Costume -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Costume -- Ireland -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Dowding, J. -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1815. | Subscriber's lists.
Contributors:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775-approximately 1833, engraver. | Havell, Daniel, -1826?, engraver. | Havell, Robert, -1832, engraver. | Hill, John, 1770-1850, engraver. | MeĢrigot, J., engraver. | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., printer of plates.