Abstract
We should like to promote among the readers of Costume a consideration of three general points regarding the presentation of illustrations of historical material in this journal. These points have arisen from criticisms of our recent article, 'Sumptuary legislation and English Costume: An attempt to assess the effect of an Act of 1337', which were sent to the editor by students of the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. It seems to us that important questions of methods in historical research and principles to be followed in the presentation of research reports are raised. There seem to be three general issues for debate. The first concerns the data on which historical research is based. A second relates to the selection of illustrations for a research report. Thirdly, there is the question of the form in which selected illustrations should be published. We should like to express our opinions on each of these three points briefly before turning to some of the more specific criticisms that were made of our article.
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