William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack Chinese military uniform

Chinese military uniform

Illustration from 'Iconographia Scotia

In the foreground are figures

The parish beadle prepares to strike him with his cane

for a fortnight -- complete with bowler hats and umbrellas and striped shirts

William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack Chinese military uniformWilliam Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800 1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest. In 1859 they produced the first edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.