Woman and girl of Cheb or Eger, Bohemia (Czech Republic) in winter dress, 18th century. The woman in wool cap with muslin band, brown wool clothes, ornamented sash, shoes with red heels and trim. Girl in same but with fur cap. Femme et jeune fille d'Egra. 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.
Woman and girl of Cheb or Eger, Bohemia (Czech Republic) in winter dress, 18th century. The woman in wool cap with muslin band, brown wool clothes, ornamented sash, shoes with red heels and trim. Girl in same but with fur cap. Femme et jeune fille d'Egra. 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.