1859
26.8 x 18 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Graphite on two sheets of off-white wove paper; joined and mounted overall to pieced and burnished wove paper
19th centuryPersianInk and colors on paper; leather and gold binding
18th-19th centuryPersianBlack ink, watercolor, and graphite on beige wove paper, burnished (recto); Light brown ink on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)
19th centuryPersianTop: black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper; Bottom: black counterproof, blue ink and graphite on beige Eastern (?) paper
19th centuryPersianBrown counterproof on off-white wove paper; blind embossing on verso (recto); Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red ink over graphite, watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianWatercolor and gold over graphite on beige wove paper (recto); Watercolor, silver and black ink on beige wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianLeft: Brown counterproof, brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top middle: graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Bottom middle: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Right: Black counterproof, red ink and watercolor on laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Brown ink on brown laid paper, oiled for transparency (verso)
18th-19th centuryPersianBlue-gray ink on off-white laid paper, pricked and verso pounced with red chalk (recto); Top: blue-green counterproof on off-white wove paper (verso); Middle: black coutnerproof on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red-brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianLeft: Brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk and charcoal; Middle: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked; Right: red ink on off-white modern laid paper (recto)
19th centuryPersianGraphite on beige wove paper (recto); Top: relief print with watercolor and gold on tan wove tracing paper (verso); Bottom: rawhide, handcut (verso)
19th centuryPersianLeft: brown and light red inks over graphite; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink and blue colored pencil on off-white wove paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersian