Antique Print of Portraits of Emperors and a Parade for the Grand Mogul
€ 360
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Sheet size
46.3 × 28.8 cm (18.2 × 11.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13504-2
Condition
Repaired: Small closed tear in bottom left margin. General age-related toning. One small worm hole affecting image. Small closed tear in bottom left margin. Some wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
About this sheet
Antique print titled 'Tehan Darsiac - Ferrog Sier - Pompe & Ceremonie de la Marche du Grand Mogol'. Two engraved portraits of Indian Emperors, Mogul Empire and a scene of the parade for the Grand Mogul. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique, published 1719.
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. Chatelain proved a successful businessman, creating lucrative networks in London, The Hague, and then Amsterdam. He is most well known for the Atlas Historique, published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720. This encyclopedic work was devoted to the history and genealogy of the continents, discussing such topics as geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. Published thanks to a partnership between Henri, his father, Zacharie, and his younger brother, also Zacharie, the text was contributed to by Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer. The maps were by Henri, largely after the work of Guillaume Delisle, and they offered the general reader a window into the emerging world of the eighteenth century.
