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Femme du Chamkhal de Takou

Lithograph
ca. 1850 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured lithograph depicting civil female costume of the Caucasus. Signed in Russian with monogram, lettered 'Paris A. Hauser éditeur, boul. des Italiens, 11. Imp.Lemercier Paris' and numbered 29 and 50.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleFemme du Chamkhal de Takou (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Hand-coloured lithograph, after a drawing by Prince Grigoriy Grigorievich Gagarin, entitled 'Femme du Chamkhal de Takou', a plate from volume 5 of 'Gagarin, Scènes, paysages, moeurs et costumes du Caucase'. Published in Paris, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Hand-coloured lithograph depicting civil female costume of the Caucasus. Signed in Russian with monogram, lettered 'Paris A. Hauser éditeur, boul. des Italiens, 11. Imp.Lemercier Paris' and numbered 29 and 50.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.6cm
  • Width: 23.9cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.279

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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