Punch's Book of British Costumes
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A satirical serial history of British costume published weekly in Punch during 1860, running from the Ancient Britons through the Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Norman and Plantagenet periods to the reign of Henry VII and the start of Henry VIII's. Forty-one chapters mix jokes, puns and invented 'old ballads' with descriptions of clothing, armour, headwear, footwear and ladies' fashions, drawn from effigies, seals and manuscripts. Many comic and engraved illustrations show period dress, helmets and effigies. The final note says Mr. Punch closes the series for the present.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1860
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 71
- Archive notes
- Series of articles combined. Satire
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