Antique Print-SOURCE-TIGRIS-DIGGING-TURKEY-Rich-c. 1850

Subject: Original antique print, titled: Source of the Tigris. It shows: Two men digging in the earth near the source of the Tigris river in the mountains of Eastern Turkey.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins a little thumbed, two small tears in the margins backed with acid-free archival tape.

Medium: Lithograph on a tinted background on vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. The image size is ca. 18 x 13 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.8 x 8.5 inch. The image size is ca. 7.1 x 5.1 inch.

Part Number: 38551

Location: RC-C10-24

Description: Original print, source to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by: L. Haghe. Original painting or design by: Rich. Published by Day & Haghe in c. 1850. Claudius James Rich (1787-1821) was a British business agent, traveller and antiquarian scholar. Louis Haghe (1806-1885) was a Belgian lithographer and watercolour artist.