A Hamal or Common Porter

by Ottoman Empire - Costume Prints, Octavien Dalvimart

A$125 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. W. Miller. 1802. Stock ID #219551 Hand-coloured engraving, 34.7 x 25.8 cms sheet including plate-mark , edge toning, but in very good condition. Attractive large image prepared as plate 17 for Dalvimart's work The Costume of Turkey . Dalvimart's is one of the basic works on Turkish costume, which has provided the prototypes for numerous other illustrative material. It is known that Dalvimart travelled in

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