May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 323

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(COSTUME.) Van Lennep, Henry J. [Seventeen Plates from the Oriental Album.] Color-lithographed plates on folio sheets. Some plates with edge wear. One laid down. Generally good. New York: Anson Randolph, 1862

Additional Details

Comprising 17 of the original 20 chromolithographs from the Album (lacking 3, 15, and 16). I.e., 1. Turkish and Armenian Ladies (Abroad). 2. A Turkish Effendi. 4. Turkish Scribe. 5. Turkish Lady of Rank (At Home). 6. Turkish Cavass (Police Officer). 7. Turkish Lady (Unveiled). 8. Armenian Piper. 9. Armenian ladies (At Home). 10. Armenian Marriage Procession. 11. Armenian Bride. 12. Albanian Guard. 13. Armenian Peasant Woman. 14. Baghdad Merchant (Travelling). 17. Gypsy Fortune Telling. 18. Bandit Chief. 19. Circassian Warrior. 20. Druse Girl.