Tartarie - Sultan Kirghiz (Plate 12) (The Kyrgyz Sultan with His Falcon)

Engraver	Augustin Francois Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date	1848
Technique	Copper Engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	Tartarie, Beloutchistan, Boutan et Nepal par M.Dubeux, M.V.Valmont, Afghanistan par M.Xavier Raymond - L'Univers Pittoresque, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

Portrait of a Kyrgyz leader holding a falcon; important ethnographic documentation of nomadic costume.

Kyrgyz Falconry Nomadic culture Tartary