Medievale Great Britain: a Hibernian couple, 5th century, in front of a tower of ancient...

Medievale Great Britain: a Hibernian couple, 5th century, in front of a tower of ancient Ireland - Forte Water by Robert Havell (1793-1878), based on an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), from Samuel Meyrick's Original Costume of British Islanders (1783-1848), 1821 - female Hibernian male and costume, post-Roman era. Man in fallin shirt, trousers, brogues (shoes), and fringed plaid coat holding a short lance. Woman in large piece of cloth trimmed with fringe. In the background, an Irish cloghad, tower or belfry. 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.