Woman of the Mongolic Buryats people, 18th century

Woman of the Mongolic Buryats people, 18th century. She wears a conical hat, embroidered jacket and skirts. Her hair braids show she is unmarried. Bratzkian woman, Femme Bratskie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Russie: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Russes, - Russia: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Russians, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1823. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

 geographer  russia 18th Century Ethnography J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries La Russie Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The Russians Moeurs Et Usages Des Russes Skirts Translator Unmarried William Alexander

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