EditorialChief Mameluk. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836); printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 248 ? 359 mm (image); 322 ? 447 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on buff wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialEgyptian characters: Egyptian bey (chieftain) and slave, woman and slave, mameluk warrior, family of fellahs or peasants, and family of Bedouins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Wei...
EditorialChief Mameluk. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836); printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 248 ? 359 mm (image); 322 ? 447 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on buff wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialChief Mameluk. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836); printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 248 ? 359 mm (image); 322 ? 447 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on buff wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialEgyptian characters: Egyptian bey (chieftain) and slave, woman and slave, mameluk warrior, family of fellahs or peasants, and family of Bedouins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Wei...
EditorialChief Mameluk. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836); printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1812-1822. Dimensions: 248 ? 359 mm (image); 322 ? 447 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on buff wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialEgyptian characters: Egyptian bey (chieftain) and slave, woman and slave, mameluk warrior, family of fellahs or peasants, and family of Bedouins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Wei...
EditorialTHE TOMBS OF THE MAMELUKES, THE OLD RULERS OF EGYPT, MASSACRED BY MOHAMMED ALI IN 1811. Mamluk, mamlouk, mamluq, mamluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke or marmeluke: is a military caste in medieval Egypt, composed of non-Arab origin people, mainly of Kip...