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Scottish Highland Officers and Soldier with Icelandic and Danish Women, 1842
€265
$295 · £225
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1842
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom right corner. Age toning; handling soiling along the edges and foxing with some brown staining in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13061-87
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 is an original antique lithograph, hand colored, from the Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo (Venice, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842). The upper image shows three Highland soldiers before a mountain. The two officers at the left wear red coats faced with yellow, blue bonnets with diced bands and white plumes, tartan kilts, sporrans and red and white diced hose with red garters; one has a tartan plaid over his shoulder. At the right a soldier in a large brown feather bonnet and red coat holds an upright musket with a fixed bayonet, a sporran at his waist. The lower image shows four women and a child. At the left an Icelandic woman in a tall curved yellow headdress over a red band, a ruff and a long gray coat with gold ornaments holds the hand of a small child in green with a red hood. Next to her a second Icelandic woman wears a striped yellow headdress, a gray coat bordered in pink, a green dress and a pink skirt. At the right a Danish woman in a black fan shaped headdress and a fur lined black cloak stands with a younger woman in a yellow hat and blue dress.
The plate is lettered "Tom. IV" at the upper left, "INGHILTERRA" in the center and "Tav 87" at the upper right. The captions read "Officiali e Soldato Scozzesi" (Scottish officers and soldier), "Donne Islandesi" (Icelandic women) and "Donne Danesi" (Danish women).
Highland regiments of the British army wore the kilt, the feathered bonnet and diced hose. Iceland was then under Danish rule, which explains why the two peoples appear together.
The bright reds and tartans make this a strong plate for a study or a collection of Scottish subjects.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom right 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.
