Turkey, a Public Office - Copper Engraving after Lalaisse - c. 1840
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Original copper engraving with the interior of a Turkish public office, the kalem, the scribes seated cross-legged on two long benches and the light coming in through the tall windows. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish: Bureau public / Oficina publica.
Original copper engraving with the interior of a Turkish public office, the kalem, the scribes seated cross-legged on two long benches and the light coming in through the tall windows. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish: Bureau public / Oficina publica.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812-1884).
Engraver: Branche, under the direction of Lemaitre.
Date: About 1840.
Source: Panorama Universal / L'Univers pittoresque; print No. 54.
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 in (20 x 13 cm).
Condition: Mounted on paper; scattered foxing in the margins, chiefly the lower one; the area within the plate mark clean.
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Original copper engraving with the interior of a Turkish public office, the kalem, the scribes seated cross-legged on two long benches and the light coming in through the tall windows. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish: Bureau public / Oficina publica.