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17th-century hussar armor; drawing on paper, glued across the entire surface to a cardboard of similar dimensions, which was glued with its upper edge to a second cardboard; drawing; card: height 22.6 cm, width 13.7 cm; cardboard: height 35.8 cm, width 25.9 cm; subject: hussars, militaria, knights' armor; maker/author: Lesser, Aleksander 1814–1884 draughtsman; date: 1830–1884; place of origin: Pidhirtsi Ukraine., A side view of a person wearing metal armor and a rounded helmet, shown from the waist up, with a plume of long feathers attached to a curved wooden frame rising behind them; the armor is rendered in shades of gray and pale blue with golden yellow trim and accents, the feathers are pale beige and light brown with darker brown markings, the wooden frame is reddish-brown, and the lower garment visible beneath the armor is a muted green; the background is a pale cream paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_006

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Keywords

17th-century hussar armor drawing paper glued across entire surface cardboard dimensions was glued upper edge second cardboard card height 22.6 cm width 13.7 cm 35.8 cm width 25.9 cm subject hussars militaria knights armor maker author Lesser Aleksander 1814–1884 draughtsman date 1830–1884 place origin Pidhirtsi Ukraine side view person wearing metal armor rounded helmet shown waist up plume long feathers attached curved wooden frame rising them rendered shades gray pale blue golden yellow trim accents feathers pale beige light brown darker brown markings wooden frame reddish-brown lower garment visible beneath muted green background pale cream paper.