Antique Print-NORTH AFRICA-FASHION-COSTUME-MERCHANT-PIPE-MOOR-Wahlen-1844

‘Marchand Maure.’

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 17 cm. (3,9 x 6,7 inch).

From the Africa/America 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 a few stains. Left margin a little uneven (from binding). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: NORTH AFRICA-FASHION-COSTUME-MERCHANT-PIPE-MOOR

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