COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History mediaCollectionId WMUwmu~85~85 Costume History Collection true
Record
Work Record ID:
14179 work_record_id 14179 Work Record ID false
Work Type:
prints (visual works) work_type prints (visual works) Work Type false
Title:
Officer of the Guards title Officer of the Guards Title false
Measurements:
17.5 cm x 10 cm measurements 17.5 cm x 10 cm Measurements false
Material:
paper material paper Material false
Material:
ink material ink Material false
Material:
pigment material pigment Material false
Technique:
engraving technique engraving Technique false
Technique:
hand-painted technique hand-painted Technique false
Cultural Context:
Persian (culture) cultural_context Persian (culture) Cultural Context false
Date Original:
1845 date 1845 Date Original false
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Location false
Repository:
Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA repository Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Repository false
Call number:
DS 258 .S55 1845 call_number DS 258 .S55 1845 Call number false
Style Period:
Qajar style_period Qajar Style Period false
Subject-LCNA:
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853 subject_lcna Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853 Subject-LCNA false
Subject-LCSH:
Clothing and dress--Iran subject_lcsh Clothing and dress--Iran Subject-LCSH false
Subject-LCSH:
Public officers subject_lcsh Public officers Subject-LCSH false
Subject-AAT:
robes (main garments) subject_aat robes (main garments) Subject-AAT false
Subject-AAT:
tunics subject_aat tunics Subject-AAT false
Subject-AAT:
slippers (shoes) subject_aat slippers (shoes) Subject-AAT false
Subject-AAT:
headgear subject_aat headgear Subject-AAT false
Subject-AAT:
cummerbunds subject_aat cummerbunds Subject-AAT false
Subject-TGM:
Government officials subject_tgm Government officials Subject-TGM false
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation) subject_tgn Iran (nation) Subject-TGN false
Subject-Keywords:
military officers subject_keywords military officers Subject-Keywords false
Relation:
Engraving after original Persian drawing; electronic version of an earlier edition available through Google Books: http://books.google… relation Engraving after original Persian drawing; electronic version of an earlier edition available through Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=TRoPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=Shoberl+Persia&source=bl&ots=r9Rm4TUica&sig=xITq8JpHMqt163FajgCMkQwXDFM& Relation false
Description:
P. 42 "They have charge of the king's person, receive greater pay and are clothed in a more expensive manner than the regular cavalry. The flower of this corps is formed into a body of about four thousand, who are distinguished by the excessive richness of their dress and the insolence of their behavior." description P. 42 "They have charge of the king's person, receive greater pay and are clothed in a more expensive manner than the regular cavalry. The flower of this corps is formed into a body of about four thousand, who are distinguished by the excessive richness of their dress and the insolence of their behavior." Description false
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. 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. Image Source false
Work Rights:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA work_rights Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Work Rights false
Image Type:
digital images image_type digital images Image Type false
Image Format:
image/tiff; image/jp2 image_format image/tiff; image/jp2 Image Format false
Image Measurements:
91,894,092 bytes image_measurements 91,894,092 bytes Image Measurements false
View Description:
general views view_description general views View Description false
Digital Publisher:
Western Michigan University digital_publisher Western Michigan University Digital Publisher false
Collection Title:
Costume History Collection collection_title Costume History Collection Collection Title false
Image Rights:
Western Michigan University Libraries image_rights Western Michigan University Libraries Image Rights false
Image Access:
For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5322 image_access For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5322 Image Access false
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Sho_005 image_identifier EXWS_Cos_Sho_005 Image Identifier false

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Officer of the Guards