Caption
Armours of the Hussar Companions Preserved in the Pidhirtsi Armoury - front and side views; Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884, illustrator; hussars; militaria; craft; Pidhirtsi Podhorce, Castle; knights' armour; Drawings glued over entire surface onto paper, paper glued by upper edge onto cardboard; drawing on card, 1830–1884; drawing: 22.6 × 27.3 cm; cardboard: 25.9 × 35.8 cm., The image shows a split composition with two hand-colored drawings of an armored cavalryman wearing a helmet with a tall feathered plume and ornate plate armor, seen frontally on the left and in profile on the right; the figure wears a green skirt-like garment and padded red-brown gloves, and a tall vertical wooden shaft with many feathers is attached to the back in the profile view; the armor is rendered in shades of gray and metallic tones with gold accents, and the background is a warm beige paper with faint border lines.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A33_005
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50.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 14.9in x 13.2in / 4462 x 3950 (300dpi)