An original hand-colored lithograph of an armed Corsican: a brown cloak with a red hood, yellow waistcoat, a sash with cartridges and a shotgun over the shoulder, on the rocks of the coast with a sail in the distance. The caption below reads "Corzo".
An original hand-colored lithograph of an armed Corsican: a brown cloak with a red hood, yellow waistcoat, a sash with cartridges and a shotgun over the shoulder, on the rocks of the coast with a sail in the distance. The caption below reads "Corzo".
From the Spanish edition of Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde by Auguste Wahlen, one of the most complete surveys of regional dress of the 19th century.
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Date: 1844
Source: Usos y costumbres de todos los pueblos del mundo, by Auguste Wahlen
Dimensions: 6.5 x 10.2 in (16.5 x 26 cm)
Condition: good condition; toning of the paper and a crease in the upper margin