Name: 3 Antique Prints-INDIA-RAJ-EMPEROR-GENERAL-GROOM-COSTUME-WEDDING-Wahlen-1844
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3 Antique Prints-INDIA-RAJ-EMPEROR-GENERAL-GROOM-COSTUME-WEDDING-Wahlen-1844

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Rajah. Groom in Calcutta. General des Gardes de l’Empereur. – Three handcoloured plates of figures from the Indian socity. The first is the Raj, the indian emperor. The second shows a groom, dressed for a traditional wedding. The third a high-ranking officer of the Emperor’s guard.

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‘Rajah. Groom in Calcutta. General des Gardes de l’Empereur.’

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: 12 x 19 cm. (4,7 x 7,5 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: INDIA-RAJ-EMPEROR-GENERAL-GROOM-COSTUME-WEDDING

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