Original antique steel engraving with the traditional costumes of Iceland: women in the tall conical cap, a shepherd with his crook and a couple beside the church of wood and turf, with the mountains behind. Lettered at the foot in French and Spanish: Costumes Islandais / Trajes Islandeses, and at the left, Lemaitre dir.
Original antique steel engraving with the traditional costumes of Iceland: women in the tall conical cap, a shepherd with his crook and a couple beside the church of wood and turf, with the mountains behind. Lettered at the foot in French and Spanish: Costumes Islandais / Trajes Islandeses, and at the left, Lemaitre dir.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Directed by: Lemaître.
Date: Mid-19th century.
Source: Bilingual French-Spanish illustrated work on the Arctic regions; print no. 12.
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 in (20 x 13.2 cm).
Condition: Laid down on paper; paper with light toning and an occasional small spot in the margins.