Items matching costumes taken from Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

costumes: the way people dressed; clothing outfits.

Synonyms: clothes, dress

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Pictures from Bill Nye’s History of England by (as you guessed) Bill Nye, in 1896; my copy is dated 1900 and has a preface that mentions the death of the author.

The cartoons are by W. M. Goodes and A. M. Richards.

Front Cover detail: jester reading a book

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A man in a red jester’s mediaeval outfit reads a book. At first I thought he was a gnome or pixie, but in fact a jester is more appropriate for the cover of this humorous book!

Keywords: people, costumes, books, colour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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