Antique steel engraving of a Georgian page of Persia, reclining on cushions and smoking a narghile among reeds and flowers. Drawn by Vernier and engraved by Chaillot under the direction of the Lemaître workshop; bilingual French-Spanish caption, "Page Georgien, d'après une Peinture / Page Georgiano (segun una Pintura)".
Antique steel engraving of a Georgian page of Persia, reclining on cushions and smoking a narghile among reeds and flowers. Drawn by Vernier and engraved by Chaillot under the direction of the Lemaître workshop; bilingual French-Spanish caption, "Page Georgien, d'après une Peinture / Page Georgiano (segun una Pintura)".
It comes from the Panorama Universal, the Spanish edition of Firmin Didot's Univers pittoresque printed in Barcelona in the mid-19th century. The sheet is numbered 68.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Vernier
Engraver: Chaillot
Printer: Lemaître (direxit)
Source: Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, sheet no. 68
Dimensions: Sheet 7.9 x 5.1 in (20 x 13 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with foxing, one spot of it visible at the upper left of the image.