Reference 39 of 364 ordered by: Reference number (ascending)
Author:
Thomas Hardy
Biography Title:
The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy
Page No.:
18
Researcher:
Jane Hugen-Tobler
Publisher:
The Macmillan Press Ltd
First Published:
n/a
Person:
Thomas Hardy the first (Hardy's father)
Clothing:
Coat; Waistcoat; Trousers; Boots;
Colours:
Red and black , Blue
Material:
n/a
Quotation:
[I, 1840-48] Jemima describes Hardy's father when she first met him. He was: "rather amusingly old-fashioned, in spite of being decidedly good-looking-wearing the blue swallow tailed coat with gilt embossed buttons then customary, a red and black flowered waist coat, Wellington boots, and French-blue trousers.