Caption

Galician helmet; verso: sketch of a male figure; draughtsman Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884;, noted; army, militaria, armor, helmets; knightly armor; draughtsman Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 also noted; draughtsman Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser baron; 1853–1935 also noted; sketches on both sides of a sheet of paper, glued to cardboard in two places with its side edge in brown tone; 1878, Paris; drawing; drawing: height 13.0 cm, width 8.2 cm; cardboard: height 34.8 cm, width 24.7 cm., A hand-drawn and colored depiction of a tall helmet with two upward curving horns and a central vertical ornament, rendered mostly in muted gray-green tones; a wide decorative band around the lower part of the helmet is colored bright yellow with darker yellow and brown shading to suggest texture; below the helmet are several small decorative motifs also in yellow and brown, including a small rounded element and two leafy or feather-like clusters flanking a short horizontal piece; the background is a light off-white with a narrow brown border along the left and bottom edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_027

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18.3Mb (945.9Kb) / 6.8in x 10.5in / 2030 x 3154 (300dpi)

Keywords

Galician helmet verso sketch male figure draughtsman Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 noted army militaria armor helmets knightly armor draughtsman Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 also noted draughtsman Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser baron 1853–1935 also noted sketches sides sheet paper glued cardboard two places side edge brown tone 1878 Paris drawing height 13.0 cm width 8.2 cm 34.8 cm width 24.7 cm hand-drawn colored depiction tall helmet two upward curving horns central vertical ornament rendered mostly muted gray-green tones wide decorative band lower part helmet colored bright yellow darker yellow brown shading suggest texture several small decorative motifs also yellow brown small rounded element two leafy feather- clusters flanking short horizontal piece background light off-white narrow brown border left bottom edges.