original heavy Umbrellas obtained the name of "Robinson," which they
retained for many years, both here and in France.

In the "Memoir of Ambrose Barnes," published for the Surtees
Society, under date 1718, appears an entry, "Umbrella for the
Church's use, 25s." A similar entry is also found in the
churchwarden's accounts for the parochial chapelry of Burnley,
Surrey, for A.D. 1760, "Paid for Umbrella 2_l_. 10_s_.
6_d_." Both these Umbrellas were in all likelihood intended for
the use of clergymen at funerals in the churchyard, as was that
alluded to in Hone's _Year-Book_ (1826) which was kept for the
same purpose in a country church. This last had "an awning of green
oiled canvas, such as common Umbrellas were made of, forty years ago."

Bailey's _Encyclopædia_ (1736) has "Umbrello, a sort of wooden
frame, covered with cloth, put over a window to keep out the sun;
also a screen carried over the head to defend from sun or rain." Also
"Parasol, a little umbrella to keep off sun."

There is at Woburn Abbey a picture, painted about 1730, of the
Duchess of Bedford, with a black servant behind her, who holds an
Umbrella over her, and a sketch of the same period attached to a song
called "The Generous Repulse," shows a lady seated on a flowery bank
holding a Parasol with a long handle over her head, while she gently
checks the ardour of her swain, and consoles him by the following
touching strain:--

"Thy vain pursuit, fond youth, give o'er,
What more, alas! can Flavia do?
Thy worth I own, thy fate deplore,