Research Catalog

Title

Prints depicting costume of and smoking by various ethnic groups [graphic]

Publication

[ca. 1780-ca. 1876]

Details

Additional Authors

• Alexander, William, 1767-1816.
• Bry, Auguste, 1805-
• Erhard, Johann Christoph, 1795-1822.
• Forsell, C. (Christian), 1777-1852.
• Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810.
• Hjerta, L. J. (Lars Johan), 1801-1872.
• Mieling, C. W.
• Sergent-Marceau, Antoine François, 1751-1847.
• Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863.

Description

<42> prints : engraving, etching, lithograph; sheet 53 x 34 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Various ethnic groups depicted at home and at work, including Austrians, Chinese, Dutch, Greeks, Ukrainians, Indonesians, Turks and other peoples. Prints depict smoking or other tobacco related subjects, including an Indonesian cigar seller and illustrations of pipes from Africa and Asia.

Subjects

• Prints > Dutch
• Prints > German
• Prints > French
• Lithographs
• Etchings
• Engravings
• Women > Tobacco use
• Women > Clothing and dress
• Turks
• Tobacco pipes
• Tobacco dealers (Retail trade)
• Tents
• Soldiers
• Smoking
• Household employees
• Scythes
• Peasants
• Merchants
• Kings and rulers
• Interior architecture
• Indonesians
• Herders
• Guards
• Greeks
• Families
• Dutch
• Clothing and dress
• Cigars
• Chinese
• Bedouins
• Austrians
• Albanians

Genre/Form

• Engravings.
• Etchings.
• Lithographs.
• Prints – French.
• Prints – German.
• Prints – Dutch.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Prints are made or published by: William Alexander, Auguste Bry, Johann Christoph Erhard, C. Forsell, Jacques Grasset de St. Sauveur, L.J. Hjerta, C.W. Mieling, and others, some after H. Vernet, and A.F. Sergent-Marceau.
• Plate marks, when present range from 5 x 5 cm to 35 x 26 cm.
• Titles and legends in French, Arabic, Dutch, English and German.
• Some prints extracted from Le costume historique / Racinet, Encyclopedie des Voyages / Grasset de Saint-Sauveur and Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus... / Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Detailed finding aid available

Call Number

Arents Prints 96-345

OCLC

NYPG96-F99

Title

Prints depicting costume of and smoking by various ethnic groups [graphic]

Imprint

[ca. 1780-ca. 1876]

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexes

Detailed finding aid available: item level control.

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Added Author

Alexander, William, 1767-1816. Engraver

Bry, Auguste, 1805- Lithographer

Erhard, Johann Christoph, 1795-1822. Etcher

Forsell, C. (Christian), 1777-1852. Engraver

Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810. Publisher

Hjerta, L. J. (Lars Johan), 1801-1872. Publisher

Mieling, C. W. Publisher

Sergent-Marceau, Antoine François, 1751-1847. Artist

Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863. Artist

Research Call Number

Arents Prints 96-345