1-217-454 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Velvet breeches and cloth breeches', 1592, (1910). Frontispiece from Greene's Quip for an Upstart Courtier. The feathered hat of the courtier may be compared with that of the labourer, the peascod doublet with its imitation, but there the resemblance ends. Note the rough trousers of the courtier. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).