Antique Print-PONTIFICAL SWISS GUARD-SERGEANT-VATICAN-ITALY-Wahlen-1844

Antique Print-PONTIFICAL SWISS GUARD-SERGEANT-VATICAN-ITALY-Wahlen-1844

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€40.00

Sergent Suisse de la Garde du Pape. – Handcoloured print showing a sergeant of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Vatican’s de facto military, and guards to the Pope.

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Description

‘Sergent Suisse de la Garde du Pape.’

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 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. Left edge a little uneven from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: PONTIFICAL SWISS GUARD-SERGEANT-VATICAN-ITALY

PCO-C10-37

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Dimensions 26 × 16 × 1 cm

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