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Editorial Costumes of Native Americans of Canada, wooden houses, hunters with bow and arrows, baby in papoose. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
Editorial Wedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as they recite their vows, before breaking the stick. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and M...
Editorial View of the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
Editorial Costumes of Native Americans of Canada, hunters with muskets, men in capes, tunics and trousers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
Editorial Chinese wooden war chariot pulled by four caparisoned horses. Driver with quiver of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Egyptian architecture: columns, plinths, pyramids and obelisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.
Editorial Different types of sari and clothes worn by Indian women. Woman of distinction in sari and veil seated on sofa, and woman of lower rank in short sari. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Fer...
Editorial Sculptures in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the Wo...
Editorial Hindu buildings in Calcutta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India. Hindu devotees are suspended by hooks in the skin from long poles and lifted into the air in honour of the goddess Draupadi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engr...
Editorial A kioum or Buddhist monastery in Burma. After an illustration in Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Pe...
Editorial Costumes of the people of Java, Indonesia. Man in cap and skirt, nobleman in cotton robe with cudgel, woman in sarong, female dancer, and man in loincloth. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern C...
Editorial Pagoda of Chidambaram, Hindu temple, with illustration of the gopuram tower. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Calcutta scene showing the nationalities best known in India: Northern Indian, Mongol, Persian, Mughal, Muslim, Arab, Chinese, Malay, Armenia, British, Dutch, etc. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns fr...
Editorial Mughal Muslims visiting a tomb in India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Alessandro Sanquirico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Indian transport: sedan chair or chair palanquin, gary ox cart on the bridge, and a rath or two-ox carriage with curtained palanquin. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient a...
Editorial Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Entrance to the Kailasa temple, Ellora rock cut temple caves, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Interior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrar...
Editorial Tomb of Akbar the Great, Mughal architectural masterpiece in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy,...
Editorial Indian servants' clothes: hukabardar or hookah pipe bearer, caukidar or watchman, serkar or steward, jamadar or head servant, seated banian or chief servant comptroller, chobdar or mace bearer. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bern...
Editorial Carved pillars in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Flor...
Editorial Indian transport: sedan chair or palanquins. Long palanquin, miyana, jhalidar palki, and copala palki. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the P...
Editorial Pagoda of Brihadeeswarar Temple or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Funeral procession and cortege for a queen of Tonkin, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Indian servants' clothes: jaliya or fisherman, harkara or messenger, dai or wetnurse with baby, ayah or nursery maid with child, ladies' maid, and methrani or female sweeper. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois...
Editorial Hindu brahmin marriage ceremony or Bibaha held in the wife's house. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ital...
Editorial Bark canoe of the extinct Tasmanian aborigines. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after Charles-Alexandre Lesueur from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Chinese cavalry armed with lance, quiver, bow and arrow, with artillery firing cannons from a hill behind. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florenc...
Editorial Chinese wedding procession and ceremony. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Chinese tombs in a cemetery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Chinese wooden war chariot pulled by four caparisoned horses. Driver with quiver of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Wedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as they recite their vows, before breaking the stick. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and M...
Editorial Inhabitants of the Island of Annobon or Pagalu. Naked family, man with bow and arrow, woman with clay pot and child with fish in front of a wooden hut. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Cost...
Editorial The wedding of King Massinissa of Numidia and Sophonisba of Carthage. From a fragment of a painting found in Pompeii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the Wor...
Editorial Chinese peasants worshipping at a temple in the country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Chinese agriculture. A water buffalo dragging a harrow followed by a barefoot peasant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Chinese funeral ceremony with mourners in a procession to a tomb in a cemetery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Chinese agriculture. Peasants planting a field with a seeding machine (a hopper with two pipes leading to pronged feet), man irrigating a field on a water pump, man operating a toothed milling machine to remove the husk from the rice, plow. Handcoloure...
Editorial View of sailing ships in the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
Editorial Chinese agriculture. A peasant irrigates the land with a bucket of water from a canal, while others mill grain in a machine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of ...
Editorial Tomb of a Chinese noble with statues in a large courtyard. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial View of the Cayambe volcano in the Andes, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
Editorial Various sects of Hindu priests or Brahmin with their religious paraphernalia at a river bank. Identified as priests of Sceroteri, Canoge, Drauers, Brijbashi and Uriah. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario'...
Editorial Medals and statues of kings and queens of Carthage: Hannibal in battle helmet 1, helmet 2, Ceres 3, Mago, Malchus with huge cudgel 7 and Dido 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of...
Editorial Queen Dido of Carthage's banquet for the poet Aeneas. Dido in a tiara is flanked by Aeneas and her sister Anna on a raised platform, while servants bring food and drink to a platter on a tripod. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri fro...
Editorial Chinese mandarins in military uniform with scimitar and bow, arrow, quiver. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Sea battle between the Roman and Carthaginian warships with various battering rams and prows, including a centaur. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of t...
Editorial Funeral ceremony and burial of a high-ranking Berber, with wives mourning at the graveside. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Ita...
Editorial View of the Island of Saint Helena, early 19th century, taken from a recent English map. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after an illustration by Beaugean from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of th...
Editorial Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8,9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14, explosive gunpowder wagon 16, and wall-gouging spears...
Editorial Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats. Below, a dead body is carried under a winding cloth and followed by a band of mourners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving ...
Editorial Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), depicted as headhunters and cannibals, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Po...
Editorial Allegorical representation of Africa, showing a woman lying on a blanket on top of a lion and bushel of wheat, with hieroglyph-covered buildings and columns in the background. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after an illustration ...
Editorial Image of Buddha in Bengal, and image of Birman Gautama Buddha in a temple in Amarapura. Adapted from Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancie...
Editorial Marquesas Islanders wearing headdresses in war pirogues or outrigger canoes in Resolution Bay or Vaitahu. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence,...
Editorial Indian dancing boys or balak dancers with musicians in a ceremony called Jhulan Yatra. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the Wo...
Editorial Brahmins singing praises to Lord Rama. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Tragic death of Tipu Sultan, or Tipu Sahib, the Tiger of Mysore, 1799. From Schiavonetti's painting The Body of Tipu Sultan Recognized by his Family. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costum...
Editorial Festival (Tirunal) for the dedication of a HIndu temple. Devotees pulling a wheeled shrine decorated with flags into a temple compound to music. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Co...
Editorial Hindu devotees firewalking in the Nepu Tirunal or Thimithi festival in honour of the goddess Draupadi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Fl...
Editorial Worshippers making offerings to a statue of Buddha or Fo in a banyan tree, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Inside a Maori fortified village or pa (Hippah), New Zealand. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Tasmanian aborigines: man with red hair Ouriaga, man in cape Paraberi, and woman suckling baby Arra Maida. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Nicholas-Martin Petit from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Pe...
Editorial Muslim fakir or faqir holy men: naga with stick, paramahamsa sitting under a tree, painted sannyasi, naked avadhuta, robed Baisnab Vaisnava and fakir at prayer. After illustrations by Francois Solvyns. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by And...
Editorial Singer or kan, writer or kayastha, and vaidya or physician with wood carving. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Flor...
Editorial Costumes of the Vietnamese: woman in layered tunics of various colors at left, man with parasol, woman in conical hat with pipe, soldier with sabre and shield, etc. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's A...
Editorial Indian pagodas to Vishnu and Lakshmi within a Hindu temple compound. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial Funeral procession and cortege for a king of Tonkin, Vietnam. The king's body on a palanquin with servants holding parasols and fans. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of a...
Editorial Allegorical representation of Africa, showing a woman lying on a blanket on top of a lion and bushel of wheat, with hieroglyph-covered buildings and columns in the background. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after an illustration ...
Editorial Inhabitants of the Island of Annobon or Pagalu. Naked family, man with bow and arrow, woman with clay pot and child with fish in front of a wooden hut. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Cost...
Editorial Egyptian woman in veil with bare breasts washing clothes in a river while a shepherd watches, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, ...
Editorial Egyptian gods: the Sphinx 1, and god of water Canopus covered in hieroglyphs 3,4, and Greek style statue of all the Egyptian gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples ...
Editorial Ancient Chinese emperor in a four-horse chariot accompanied by mandarins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Natives of the Island of Cape Verde, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
Editorial Indian men and women under an Indian banyan tree, Ficus benghalensis, with temple in the background, 1800s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Batelli, F...
Editorial Egyptian alma or almeh dancing girls or belly-dancers accompanied by female musicians in veils. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1...
Editorial Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats. Below, a dead body is carried under a winding cloth and followed by a band of mourners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving ...