3 Antique Prints-CIRCASSIA-BLACK SEA-SOLDIER-PRINCE-COSTUME-SCIMITAR-Wahlen-1844

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Circassien. Circassien – Prince de la grande Cabarde. Circassien Eusden. – Three handcoloured plates showing Circassian men. Circassia was a historical region on the NE shore of the Black Sea. All three figures are armed warriors in traditional garb, with scimitars. One with a musket, the other two with bow and arrows in quiver.

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‘Circassien. Circassien – Prince de la grande Cabarde. Circassien Eusden.’

Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 10 x 18 cm. (3,9 x 7,1 inch).

From the Asia volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.

Condition: Good, given age. Faintly browned, and with some small stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: CIRCASSIA-BLACK SEA-SOLDIER-PRINCE-COSTUME-SCIMITAR

PCO-C9-42

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Dimensions 26 × 16 × 1 cm

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