Egyptian cavalry, 19th century
Egyptian cavalry. Three mounted soldiers in different uniforms. One in helmet and cuirass with drawn sword, one in turban with mace, and one in burnous and keffiyeh. Cavaliers Egyptiens. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium
Picture No
14017125
Media ID
46698607
Size
6403px x 4331px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
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Archivist Auguste Wahlen Burnous Cuirass Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Keffiyeh Mace Manners Moeurs Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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