Name: Antique Print-FRANCE-LANDES-SHEPHERD-STILTS-Wahlen-1844
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Antique Print-FRANCE-LANDES-SHEPHERD-STILTS-Wahlen-1844

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Habitants des Landes. – Inhabitants from the Landes region in France. They are walking on the traditional stils, used by local shepherds to navigate the swampy region and to better watch over their flocks.

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Description

‘Habitants des Landes.’

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 Europe 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 small stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FRANCE-LANDES-SHEPHERD-STILTS

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