Artist: Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716-1809), attributed to (NYPL). Anonymous (BM).
Title: Habit of an Ambassador from the Great Mogul. Ambassador du Mogol.
Titled and Numbered in plate: 31.
Dimensions: Sheet 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Mat 13 1/2" x 101/2".
Publisher: Thomas Jefferys. (British, 1719-1771).
Edition: A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations. Recueil des habillements de différentes nations. This is the title to a series of 480 numbered costume plates, arranged in four volumes, published in English and French by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 and 1772. All four volumes were re-issued in 1774.
Date: 1757-1772 (circa)(circa).
Materials and Techniques: Hand colored etching on laid paper.
Watermark: We cannot check because the engraving is sealed in a passe-partout and cannot be viewed against the light, but another engraving from this series on the same paper from our collection (WOP-, but without the back cover of the passe-partout , has a watermark.
Mat and Frame: Matted.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Didn't examine out of mat. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum (uncolored) 1871,0812.4919. The New York Public Library digital collection.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.