Caption
Sous les murs de Téhéran (Perse), Landscape with camels near ruins, print, Numbered top right: 51., printmaker: Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens, France, printer (person): Delâtre, Paris, publisher: Cadart & F. Chevalier, A., 1863, printer (person), paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 236 mm x width 325 mm, Published in: 'Société des aquafortistes', 1863., landscape with ruins, hoofed animals: camel, A group of camels stand and sit on a flat, sandy ground, several carrying woven packs and blankets and one with a tall ornamental harness and hanging tassel; a small figure in a long robe and head covering stands facing the camels holding a long staff that reaches up toward one camel’s head; a dog lies curled on the ground in the foreground near scattered vessels and bundles including a jar and a woven mat; to the right a ruined stone structure with a tall crumbling tower rises behind the animals, and a cluster of seated figures with head coverings rests near the base of the ruins; above, a wide sky filled with layered, linear clouds stretches across the scene.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B22_333
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