British peer of the realm in ceremonial dress, 1800s. A member of the House of Lords in costume for a coronation, opening of Parliament, etc. Pair de la Grande-Bretagne en Costume. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries L'Angleterre ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, England: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the English, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1821. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.
British peer of the realm in ceremonial dress, 1800s. A member of the House of Lords in costume for a coronation, opening of Parliament, etc. Pair de la Grande-Bretagne en Costume. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries L'Angleterre ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, England: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the English, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1821. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.