1-217-443 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Male dress, 16th century, (1910). Example of men's dress showing the hanging sleeve. He is armed with sword and buckler (shield). His flat cap hangs upon his shoulder by a cord. The body of the doublet is slashed - the skirt shows an attempt at pleating. A 19th-century copy taken from from Henry VIII's Great Bible. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).