Belgic Briton and one of the Cassiterides from

Belgic Briton and one of the Cassiterides of Cornwall from the pre-Roman era. Briton in checkered saic (mantle) over a pais (tunic) and llawdyr (pantaloons) and brog (shoes). The Cassiterides wears a long tunic and carries a staff. They stand in front of the entrenchment of Caer Morus. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821

19th Century Ancient History Aquatint Barbarians Caer Charles Hamilton Smith Entrenchment Havell Mantle Morus Pais Pantaloons Samuel Meyrick

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