COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History
Record
Work Record ID:
14183
Work Type:
prints (visual works)
Title:
Ambassador
Title Alternative:
Portrait of Myr Daoud Zadour, Envoy from the King of Persia to the Court of France
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:
Public officers
Subject-AAT:
robes (main garments)
Subject-AAT:
shalwar
Subject-AAT:
turbans
Subject-AAT:
slippers (shoes)
Subject-AAT:
sashes (costume accessories)
Subject-TGM:
Government officials
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation)
Subject-Keywords:
robes, government officials
Relation:
Engraving after original Persian drawing; electronic version of an earlier edition available through Google Books: http://books.google…
Description:
P. 114 "The Persians shave the head twice or three times a week. Some have a lock of hair growing on the crown, after the fashion of the Turks; others retain a border above the ears." The Ambassador is wearing a full array of garments that make up the khilauts (Shoberl, p. 62-63)
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:
91,242,584 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 49008-5318
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Sho_009
Ambassador
