COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History
Record
Work Record ID:
14175
Work Type:
prints (visual works)
Title:
Futteh Ali Shah: King of Persia
Title Alternative:
Feth Ali Shah: King of Persia
Measurements:
17.5 cm x 10 cm
Material:
paper
Material:
ink
Material:
pigment
Technique:
engraving
Technique:
hand-painted
Cultural Context:
Persian (culture)
Date Original:
1845
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Repository:
Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Call number:
DS 258 .S55 1845
Style Period:
Qajar
Subject-LCNA:
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853
Subject-LCSH:
Clothing and dress--Iran
Subject-LCSH:
Royalty
Subject-AAT:
belts (costume accessories)
Subject-AAT:
hairstyles
Subject-AAT:
daggers (weapons)
Subject-AAT:
crown jewels
Subject-AAT:
robes (main garments)
Subject-TGM:
Rulers
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation)
Subject-Keywords:
royalty, kings, Persia
Relation:
Engraving after original Persian drawing; electronic version of an earlier edition available through Google Books: http://books.google…
Description:
P. 23 "...he is from the Cadjars tribe." P. 27 "His face seemed exceedingly pale, of a polished marble hue, with the finest contour of features, and eyes dark, brilliant and piercing, a beard black as jet, and of a length which fell below his chest over a large portion of the effulgent belt which held his diamond-hilted dagger. This extraordinary amplitude of beard appears to have been a badge of Persian royalty from the earliest times; for we find it attached to the heads of the sovereigns, in all the ancient sculptured remains throughout the empire." The king wears a full, long coat, a kolija (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10).
Image Source:
Shoberl, Frederic. Persia: Containing a Description of the Country with an Account of Its Government, Laws, and Religion, and of the Character, Manners and Customs, Art, Amusements, Etc. of Its Inhabitants. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1845.
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
Image Type:
digital images
Image Format:
image/tiff; image/jp2
Image Measurements:
89,457,360 bytes
View Description:
general views
Digital Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection Title:
Costume History Collection
Image Access:
For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5326
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Sho_001
Futteh Ali Shah: King of Persia
