Caption:
Hungarian peasant, 18th century. In tall felt hat, sheepskin coat with lambskin back, white hemp pantaloons and shirt. He carries a stick called a Tschakane. Paysan Hongrois. 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.