Name: Antique Print-NABOB-COROMANDEL-COAST-INDIA-LUXURY-HOOKAH-Labrousse-Grasset-1797
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Antique Print-NABOB-COROMANDEL-COAST-INDIA-LUXURY-HOOKAH-Labrousse-Grasset-1797

€75.00

‘NABAB DE LA C?TE DU COROMANDEL.’

– (Nabob of the Coromandel Coast.) This print shows a man identified as a nabob, a term used historically to denote a person of high social or political status, particularly in the regions of India under British influence. He is depicted in luxurious attire, seated with an umbrella, which indicates his status, and smoking a hookah, set against an opulent backdrop. The detail in the garment and the leisurely posture allude to wealth and authority.

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Description

(Nabob of the Coromandel Coast.) This print shows a man identified as a nabob, a term used historically to denote a person of high social or political status, particularly in the regions of India under British influence. He is depicted in luxurious attire, seated with an umbrella, which indicates his status, and smoking a hookah, set against an opulent backdrop. The detail in the garment and the leisurely posture allude to wealth and authority.

Made by Labrousse after Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur.

Medium: Handcoloured line and aquatint etching on hand laid paper.

Sheet size: 20.5 x 26.1 cm (8.07 x 10.28 inch). Image size: 14.7 x 20.5 cm. (5.79 x 8.07 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper edges a bit irregular and brownish from binding. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NABOB-COROMANDEL-COAST-INDIA-LUXURY-STATUS-HOOKAH | PCO-C27-17

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Costumes de Differents Pays …’ by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, c.1797.

Biography engraver: Labrousse was a late 18th. C. engraver from Bordeaux. .

Biography artist: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810) was born as son of a diplomat in Montreal, Canada. He was exposed to varying cultures at an early age.