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Description
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The album collects visual studies of oriental costumes, scenes of Ottoman characters. The sketchbook include a portrait of the Tunisian politician Mustapha Ben Ismaïl., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Drawings are pasted into the pages of the album. Some of the them are captioned in pencil on the paper. Manuscript inscription on title page "Saintin" might refer to the French painter Jules Émile Saintin (1829-1894), but as some of the drawings date back to 1830, the attribution is uncertain, Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2017.0007, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2385876x, BIB-ID: 2536993 |
