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Ancient Germanic Militia and a Mounted Soldier, Hand Colored Lithograph, 1842
$220
€195 · £165
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1842
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom left corner. Age toning; handling soiling along the edges and foxing with some brown staining in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Knights & armor
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13061-68
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This original antique lithograph, hand colored, comes from the Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo (Venice, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842). The upper image shows two warriors in a rocky landscape. The man at the left stands bearded and bare limbed in a loincloth, a yellow spotted animal skin drawn over his head and shoulders and topped with blue gray plumes, gripping a tall spear, with a long plank shield behind him. The man at the right sits on a rock in a plumed steel helmet, a mail shirt with a gold belt and a red cloak lined in blue, a spear at his side, red shoes, and a tall rectangular shield standing beside him. The lower image shows a mounted soldier on a gray horse stepping across sandy ground. He wears a helmet crested with a gold bird, a mail shirt and a red cloak, carries a spear upright and holds a tall dark rectangular shield, and a carved head ornaments the horse's breast strap.
The lettering reads "Tav 68" at the top left, "GERMANIA" at the center and "Tom IV" at the top right. The upper caption reads "Milizia" (militia), and the lower caption reads "Soldato a cavallo" (soldier on horseback).
The plate pictures the ancient Germanic peoples under arms. Roman writers, Tacitus among them, described the spears and large shields of the tribes beyond the Rhine, and both images show warriors equipped with long spears and tall rectangular shields.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left corner. Age toning; handling soiling along the edges and foxing with some brown staining in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
