Caption:
Costume of Polish Jews, 18th century. They wear long beards and winter clothes of fur-trimmed hats and long robes. Behind them, a man in black hat and robes drives a loaded waggon. Juifs Polonais. 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. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.