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Costume of a king of Congo, In turban, robe with long train, sash belt, scimitar and stick. Perhaps a portrait of King Alfonso I (c. 14561543). The realm included Congo, Loango, Benguela, and Angola. Roi de Congo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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Costume of a king of Congo, In turban, robe with long train, sash belt, scimitar and stick. Perhaps a portrait of King Alfonso I (c. 14561543). The realm included Congo, Loango, Benguela, and Angola. Roi de Congo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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4707 x 6965 px | 93.8 MB
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39.9 x 59.0 cm | 15.7 x 23.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1792 • AFRICA • AFRICAN • ANGOLA • ANTHROPOLOGY • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • BEAUTY • BELT • BENGUELA • BORDEAUX • CLOTHING: SASH • CLOTHING: TURBAN • COLONIALISM • CONGO • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COSTUME • CUMMERBUND • DESIGN • DISGUISE • DOM ALFONSO • EMPIRE • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOYAGES • ENCYCLOPEDIE DES VOYAGES • ENLIGHTENMENT • ETCHED ENGRAVING • ETCHING • ETHNOGRAPHY • EUROCENTRIC • FANTASY • FASHION • FRANCE • FUNSU NZINGA MVEMBA • GABON • GARTER BELT • HANDCOLOURED • HEADGEAR: TURBAN • HUMANS • IMPERIALISM • J. LAROQUE • JACQUES GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR • KING ALFONSO I • KING OF CONGO • KONGO • LOANGO • MASQUERADE • MODA • MVEMBA A NZINGA • NOBLE SAVAGE • NZINGA MBEMBA • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • RACISM • REALM • ROBE • ROI DE CONGO • SASH • SCIMETAR • SCIMITAR • SCIMITAR, SWORD • SCIMITER • STICK • SWORD • TRAIN • TURBAN • ZAIRE
