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Hussar cavalry captain's armor, front and back view; drawn by Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884; pen/ink and wash on paper, glued at the upper edge to brown cardboard; drawing height 21.3 cm, width 12.8 cm; cardboard height 34.7 cm, width 24.8 cm; dated 1830–1884; depiction includes hussar militaria and knightly armor., A tall vertical sheet of aged beige paper with a darker brown textured border on the left side contains two pencil sketches of decorative chest armor one above the other. The upper armor drawing shows ornate curved shoulder pieces a scalloped neckline a central decorative cross-shaped emblem and layered horizontal bands with circular rivet-like details; fine pencil shading indicates contours and some small looping decorative flourishes. The lower armor sketch displays similarly shaped shoulder sections scalloped edging layered horizontal bands with circular ornamentation and a tie or strap detail at the top; pencil hatching provides shading and contouring. In the top left corner of the sheet there are small additional pencil doodles and curved ornamental motifs on a lighter rectangular overlay; faint pencil marks and smudges are scattered across the paper giving an aged worn appearance. The visible colors are beige brown and gray from the pencil.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A33_007

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

20.9Mo (686.3Ko) / 17.9cm x 29.1cm / 2119 x 3440 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Hussar cavalry captain's armor front back view drawn Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 pen ink wash paper glued upper edge brown cardboard drawing height 21.3 cm width 12.8 cm cardboard 34.7 cm width 24.8 cm dated 1830–1884 depiction includes hussar militaria knightly armor tall vertical sheet aged beige darker brown textured border left side contains two pencil sketches decorative chest armor upper armor ornate curved shoulder pieces scalloped neckline central decorative cross-shaped emblem layered horizontal bands circular rivet- details fine pencil shading indicates contours small looping decorative flourishes lower sketch displays similarly shaped shoulder sections scalloped edging layered horizontal bands circular ornamentation tie strap detail top pencil hatching provides shading contouring left corner sheet small additional pencil doodles curved ornamental motifs lighter rectangular overlay faint pencil marks smudges scattered across paper giving aged worn appearance visible colors beige brown gray pencil.