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Moscow mace and spearhead belonging to Boris Alexandrovich; drawing by Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 illustrator/author; gift; military old weapons; craft; maces; artistic crafts; weapons; Boris Alexandrovich ruler of the Principality of Tver; ante 1425–1461 — iconography; eastern weapons; Emilian Lesser 1848–1912. Drawing on tracing paper glued across its entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with its upper edge to cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Medium/type: drawing. Dimensions: drawing height 23.1 cm, width 6.2 cm; card height 23.1 cm, width 7.1 cm; cardboard height 34.8 cm, width 24.8 cm. Location: unknown., A narrow vertical illustration shows two long hand-held weapons side by side on a beige, slightly speckled paper background with narrow off-white margins; the left object is a pointed blade with a long central ridge and decorative etched panels on the lower portion leading into a flared socket, rendered in black ink with fine hatch shading, and the right object is a shafted club with a faceted head and a spiraled grip detailed with diagonal bands and textured markings, also drawn in black ink; there are small areas of reddish-pink ink marks near the lower and middle right edges of the image.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A33_116

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

28.7Mo (1.5Mo) / 15.2cm x 47.4cm / 1796 x 5595 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Moscow mace spearhead belonging Boris Alexandrovich drawing Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 illustrator author gift military old weapons craft maces artistic crafts weapons Boris Alexandrovich ruler Principality Tver ante 1425–1461 iconography eastern weapons Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 Drawing tracing paper glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard Date 1830–1884 Medium type Dimensions height 23.1 cm width 6.2 cm card height 23.1 cm width 7.1 cm 34.8 cm width 24.8 cm Location unknown narrow vertical illustration two long hand-held weapons side side beige slightly speckled paper background narrow off-white margins left object pointed blade long central ridge decorative etched panels lower portion leading flared socket rendered black ink fine hatch shading right object shafted club faceted head spiraled grip detailed diagonal bands textured markings also drawn small areas reddish-pink ink marks near lower middle right edges image.