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Indian costumes and vehicles, circa 1800. Hindu pandit or scholar 1, a Muslim fakir 2, a writer with palm paper 3, idol chariot decorated with Hindu gods 4, and hackery or ox-driven carriage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Indian costumes and vehicles, circa 1800. Hindu pandit or scholar 1, a Muslim fakir 2, a writer with palm paper 3, idol chariot decorated with Hindu gods 4, and hackery or ox-driven carriage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Image size:
4815 x 5939 px | 81.8 MB
Print size:
40.8 x 50.3 cm | 16.1 x 19.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • CART • CARTS • CHARIOT • COPPERPLATE • COSTUMES • CULT: IDOL • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FAKIR • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GERMAN • GERMANS • GODS • HACKERY • HANDCOLOURED • HINDU • HINDUS • IDOL • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INDIA • MUSLIM • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • OX-DRIVEN CARRIAGE • PALM PAPER • PANDIT • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • PUBLISHER • PUNDIT • QUADRIGA • SCHOLAR • VEHICLES • WAGON • WEIMAR • WRITER
