Moravian peasant, Czech Republic, 18th century. He wears a tricorn, Hungarian half-boots, blue jacket with red facings and white border, blue waistcoat and pantaloons, leather belt and haversac. Peasant of the lowlands of Moravia in summer dress, Paysan des plaines de la Moravie en habit d'ete. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries’ L'Autriche: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens, Austria: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Austrians, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1823.


Moravian peasant, Czech Republic, 18th century. He wears a tricorn, Hungarian half-boots, blue jacket with red facings and white border, blue waistcoat and pantaloons, leather belt and haversac. Peasant of the lowlands of Moravia in summer dress, Paysan des plaines de la Moravie en habit d'ete. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries’ L'Autriche: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens, Austriia: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Austrians, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1823. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.


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