A Bedouin Arab.
London. W. Miller. 1802. Stock ID #176453 Attractive large image prepared for Dalvimart's work "The Costume of Turkey". When referring to this item please quote stockid 176453.
Hand-coloured engraving, 35.1 x 26.2 cm (sheet), slight toning, preserved in a modern window mount (the margins of the print rather browned beneath the mount), with the original descriptive text affixed to the verso. In very good condition.
"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 Turkey and Greece in 1797-8" (Atabey).
Price: $175.00 AU