Description: THE ARMOURY BAZAR Artist: W. H. Bartlett ____________ Engraver: F. W. Topham CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE ORNAMENTAL MIDDLE EASTERN PRINTS LIKE THIS ONE!! PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1839; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 x 10 inches, image size is 4 3/4 by 7 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION : One of the most interesting portions of the Tcharchi, is that known as the Annoury Bazar, where, in five minutes, a person may, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, be "Armed from top to toe," in the garb and with the weapons of almost every period and nation. The walls on either side are lined with pieces of armour ;—antique shields, from that of the paladin to the more modern buckler of the crescent; horse-gear, embossed and studded with shining metals; warlike ornaments, so ponderous that they could, apparently, only have been wrought for giants ; helmets of all forms and sizes, many of them surmounted with devices which recall the best days of chivalry ; spears, as hght as fairy-wands, and almost as glittering ; suits of mail, dimmed by the rust of centuries ; the English musket, the American rifle, and the Indian bow, hang side by side ; while Damascus swords, Egyptian scyniitars, and Turkish handjars, are heaped together in picturesque confusion. Leopard skins, saddle-worn and venerable, are there also; and resting against them may frequently be seen the heavy match-lock, crusted with embossed silver in those beautiful arabesques peculiar to the East. The anxiety of the vendors to secure a Frank customer is quite ludicrous. He is beckoned from one to the other with a gesticulation and earnestness against vvhich it is almost impossible to contend; a score of articles is exhibited in succession, with a rapidity which prevents their being thoroughly examined; and the plain dark steel of Khorassan gives place to the heavy and elaborate Albanian pistol, and that in its turn to the Koran-inscribed Damascus sabre, before the quality of either can be ascertained. Then, suddenly, as though he doubted the taste of liis customer for warlike weapons, the dealer thrusts them all aside, and spreads before him a tempting display of delicate amber mouth-pieces for the chibouque ; under-coats from the costly looms of Persia; hangings of Tyrian tapestry ; and all his hoard of fanciful and expensive luxuries. Others, too impatient to await their chance of wiling the wealthy infidel from the stalls of their neighbours, employ one of their slaves to perambulate the bazar, and to pass and repass before the Frank, carrying some especially attractive object— such as a jewel-hilted pistol, or a buff coat embroidered with gold with a skill and intricacy which cannot fail to attract his eye. AN EXTREMELY RARE PRINT ! VERY HARD TO FIND!
Price: 11.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-10T14:42:05.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Engraving
Type: Print
Subject: Architecture
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
