A Circassian warrior chief in his gala costume
Costume Plate
1837 (published)
1837 (published)
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Self-portrait of Edmund Spencer wearing the costume of a Circassian warrior chief in gala dress
Object details
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| Title | A Circassian warrior chief in his gala costume (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured lithograph |
| Brief description | Aleksander Ludwig Molinari after Edmund Spencer. A Circassian warrior chief in his gala costume, Published by H. Colburn, London, 1837. Frontispiece to Spencer's "Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary, &c., including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea." |
| Physical description | Self-portrait of Edmund Spencer wearing the costume of a Circassian warrior chief in gala dress |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr A. R. Harvey |
| Object history | An alternative title for this lithograph is "The author in the Circassian costume." in the third edition (1839) of "Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary, &c., including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea." written by Edmund Spencer and annotated as being a drawing by Aleksander Molinari from a "sketch by the author". |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.579-1936 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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