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THE FASCINATION OF THE ORIENT
A collection of 49 copper portraits of envoys, explorers, merchants, missionaries, scholars, scholars and soldiers from the Western world who were engaged with the orient and from the orient who were engaged with the west, and the princes and monarchs with whom they interacted.
The portraits are individual engravings, lithographs, and photographs. These portraits provide a highly interesting snapshot on how the Western World interacted with the Orient (predominantly Turkey, Persia, and India) in the 16th to 19th century.
They were all published between the late 16th and early 20th century (the majority of them in books) and are ordered chronologically by their publication date.
Added are 26 pages of extensive biographical notes on the sitters, plus 11 pages of biographical notes on the artists (engravers, lithographers, painters, photographers) who created the works of art. The biographies make very interesting reading.
We encounter colonial envoys who believed that the empires they represented had a civilizing role; government agents who emersed themselves in the cultures of the distant lands they were stationed and had mixed loyalties; missionaries whose singular focus was to seek converts; merchants who saw economic opportunities in these distant lands that did not exist at home, scholars who devoted their lives to the study and understanding of the cultures of the Orient; explorers driven by the discovery of the unknown; embassies negotiating trade and political agreements; soldiers fighting for their countries. The common thread that emerges is that all of these individuals were extremely driven and dedicated.
This drive and dedication gave them the strength to ignore the risks they were constantly exposed to and the harsh conditions of traveling in those parts of the world in the distant past.
Click on the image below to see an impression of the collection.
Biographical notes of the artists who produced the portraits.
1. Linschoten, Jan Huygen van (1563 – 8 February 1611)
a. Engraving (14.0x10.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Jean Jacques Boissard – Icones virorum illustrium, doctrina & eruditione
praestanti… Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1598.
2. Zeynal Khan Shamlu (ca.1575 – 1630)
a. Engraving (17.7x14.1cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 – 1629) after Essaye Le Gillon.
c. Published: Standalone engraving. Prague: Aegidius Sadeler II, 1604.
3. Linschoten, Jan Huygen van (1563 – 8 February 1611)
a. Engraving (18.5x16.4cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Jan Huygen van Linschoten – Histoire de la navigation de Iean Hugues de
Linscot Hollandois et de son voyage es Indes. Frankfurt: Henry Laurent, 1610.
4. La Boullaye – Le Gouz, François de (22 July 1623 – 1668)
a. Engraving (19.5x14.9cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: La Boullaye – Le Gouz, François de – Les voyages et observations du
sieur de La Boullaye Le Gouz…Paris: Gervais Clouzier, 1653.
5. Brueggemann, Otto (14 February 1600 – 5 May 1640)
a. Engraving (15.4x10.6cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Matthias van Sommer (fl. 1643 – 1672) after an unknown artist.
c. Published: Adam Olearius – Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung Der Muscowitischen
und Persischen Reyse… Schleswig: Johan Holwein, 1656.
6. Krusenstjierna, Philipp von (1 May 1597 – 10 April 1676)
a. Engraving (15.5x10.7cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Matthias van Sommer (fl. 1643 – 1672) after an unknown artist.
c. Published: Adam Olearius – Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung Der Muscowitischen
und Persischen Reyse… Schleswig: Johan Holwein, 1656.
7. Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht von (15 May 1616 – 15 May 1644)
a. Engraving (14.7x10.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Matthias van Sommer (fl. 1643 – 1672) after an unknown artist.
c. Published: Adam Olearius – Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung Der Muscowitischen
und Persischen Reyse… Schleswig: Johan Holwein, 1656.
8. Olearius, Adam (24 September 1599 – 22 February 1671)
a. Engraving (29.0x17.6cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Matthias van Sommer (fl. 1643 – 1672) after an unknown artist.
c. Published: Adam Olearius – Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung Der Muscowitischen
und Persischen Reyse… Schleswig: Johan Holwein, 1656.
9. Le Blanc, Vincent (1554 – 1640)
a. Engraving (17.3x13.7cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Vincent le Blanc – The world surveyed, or the famous voyages &
travailes of Vincent le Blanc, or White, of Marseilles ... London: John Starkey, 1660.
10. Della Valle, Pietro (2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652)
a. Engraving (20.6x16.3cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Pietro Della Valle – Les fameux voyages de Pietro Della Valle, gentil–
homme Romain, surnommé l’illustre voyageur … Paris: Gervais Clouzier, 1664.
11. Della Valle, Sitti Maani Gioerida (ca. 1600 – 1622)
a. Engraving (20.8x16.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Pietro Della Valle – Les fameux voyages de Pietro Della Valle, gentil–
homme Romain, surnommé l’illustre voyageur … Paris: Gervais Clouzier, 1664.
12. Schouten, Wouter (2 September 1638 – 6 October 1704)
a. Engraving (17.2x15.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Wouter Schouten – Wouter Schoutens Oost–Indische voyagie.
Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs 1676.
13. Tavernier, Jean Baptiste (1605 – 1689)
a. Engraving (28.7x17.2cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Johann Christoph Boecklin (1657 – 1709) after Jacques d’Agar
(1640 – 1715).
c. Published: Jean Baptiste Tavernier – Beschreibung Der Sechs Reisen welche Johan
Baptista Tavernier, Ritter und Freyherr von Aubonne, In Türckey Persien und Indien
… Geneva: Johan Herrman Widerhold, 1681.
14. Chardin, Jean (16 November 1643 – 5 January 1713)
a. Engraving (23.3x16.8cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by David Loggan (July 1634 – July 1692) after his own painting.
c. Published: John Chardin – The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East–
Indies. London: Moses Pitt, 1686.
15. Thévenot, Jean de (16 June 1633 – 28 November 1667)
a. Engraving (23.8x14.3cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by William Faithorne (1616 – 13 May 1691) after an unknown
artist.
c. Published: Jean Thevenot – The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant.
London: H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687.
16. Fryer, John (ca. 1650 – 31 March 1733)
a. Engraving (23.6x16.2cm).
b. Artist: Engraved and painted by Robert White (1645 – November 1703).
c. Published: John Fryer – A new account of East–India and Persia: in eight letters,
being nine years travels... London: Richard Chiswell, 1698.
17. Bruyn, Cornelis de (1652 – 1726)
a. Engraving (22.0x17.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Gerard Valck (30 September 1652 – 21 October 1726) after
Godfrey Kneller (8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723).
c. Published: Cornelis de Bruyn – Cornelis De Bruins Reizen over Moskovie, Door
Persie En Indie… Amsterdam: Willem en David Goeree, 1711.
18. Hyde, Thomas (29 June 1636 – 18 February 1703)
a. Engraving (24.7x19.4cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Francis Perry ( – 1765) after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 –
14 December 1785).
c. Published: Thomas Hyde – Syntagma dissertationum quas olim auctor doctissimus
Thomas Hyde S.T.P. separatim edidit. Oxford: Clarendon, 1767.
19. Hanway, Jonas (12 August 1712 – 5 September 1786)
a. Engraving (15.0x8.6cm).
b. Artist: Engraver and painter unknown.
c. Published: Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. London: William Bent,
1787.
20. Jones, William (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794)
a. Engraving (13.0x10.7cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by James Heath (19 April 1757 – 15 November 1834) after Joshua
Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792).
c. Published: Anne Marie Jones (ed) – The works of Sir William Jones. London: G. G.
and J. Robinson, 1799.
21. Pallas, Peter Simon (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811)
a. Engraving (16.4x13.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Wilhelm Arndt (1750 – 1813) after Christian Gottfried Heinrich
Geissler (1770 – 1844).
c. Published: Peter Simon Pallas – Bemerkungen auf einer Reise in die suedlichen
Stadthalterschaften des Russischen Reichs… Leipzig: Gottfried Martini, 1803.
22. Jones, William (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794)
a. Engraving (28.6x20.3cm).
b. Artist: William Evans (fl. 1797 – 1856) after Arthur William Devis (10 August 1762
– 11 February 1822).
c. Published: John Shore Teignmouth – Memoirs of the life, writings, and
correspondence of Sir William Jones. London: John Hatchard, 1804.
23. Alexander, James Edward (16 October 1803 – 2 April 1885)
a. Lithograph (16.1x12.0cm).
b. Artist: Lithographed by Richard James Lane (16 February 1800 – 21 November
1872) after an unknown artist.
c. Published: James Edward Alexander – Travels from India to England. London:
Parbury, Allen, and Co, 1827.
24. Morier, James Justinian (15 August 1782 – 19 March 1849)
a. Lithograph on chine collé (18.0x13.0cm).
b. Artist: Lithographed by an unknown artist after Daniel Maclise (1806 –1870).
c. Published: A collection of literary portraits from Fraser’s Magazine. London: James
Fraser, 1833.
25. Burnes, Alexander (16 May 1805 – 2 November 1841)
a. Engraving (12.5x10.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791 – 9 February 1857) after Daniel
Maclise (25 January 1806 – 25 April 1870).
c. Published: Alexander Burnes – Cabool: being a personal narrative of a journey to,
and residence in that city, in the years 1836, 7, and 8. London: John Murray, 1842.
26. Buckingham, James Silk (25 August 1786 – 30 June 1855)
a. Engraving (10.0x8.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by George Thomas (6 January 1800 – 13 November 1886) after an
unknown artist.
c. Published: James Silk Buckingham – Autobiography of James Silk
Buckingham…London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855.
27. Malcolm, John (2 May 1769 – 30 May 1833)
a. Engraving (12.0x9.3cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by James Charles Armytage (1802 – 1897) after George Hayter (17
December 1792 – 18 January 1871).
c. Published: John William Kaye – The life and correspondence of major–general Sir
John Malcolm, GCB. London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1856.
28. Rhea, Samuel Audley (23 January 1827 – 2 September 1865)
a. Engraving (11.3x9.4cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Hezakiah Wright Smith (1828 – after 1879) after an unknown
artist.
c. Published: Dwight Whitney Marsh – The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan.
Phildelphia: Presbyterian publication committee, 1869.
29. Floyer, Ernest Ayscoghe (4 July 1852 – 1 December 1903)
a. Woodburytype print laid on paper (14.2x9.6cm).
b. Artist: Photographed and woodburytyped by unknown artists.
c. Published: Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer – Unexplored Baluchistan. London: Griffith &
Farran, 1882.
30. Elphinstone, Mountstuart (6 October 1779 – 20 November 1859)
a. Engraving (9.0x7.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by George J. Stodart (fl.1884 – 1892) after Henry William
Pickersgill (3 December 1782 – 21 April 1875).
c. Published: Thomas Edward Colebrooke – Life of the Honourable Mountstuart
Elphinstone. London: John Murray, 1884.
31. Vámbéry, Arminius (19 March 1832 – 15 September 1913)
a. Photograph mounted on paper (11.5x8.8cm).
b. Artist: Unknown photographer.
c. Published: Arminus Vámbéry – Arminius Vámbéry: His life and adventures written
by himself. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1884.
32. Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de (14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882)
a. Engraving (12.0x9.0cm).
b. Artist: Artist: Armand–Émile Mathey–Doret (18 November 1853 – 29 September
1931) after Mathilde Sallier de La Tour (12 December 1838 – 27 March 1911).
c. Published: Joseph Arthur de Gobineau: Amadis, poème (oeuvre posthume). Paris: E.
Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1887.
33. Dieulafoy, Jane Henriette Magre (29 June 1851 – 25 May 1916)
a. Engraving (14.0x11.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by an unknown artist after Louis Eugène Pirou (26 September 1841
– 30 September 1909).
c. Publication: Jane Dieulafoy – La Perse, la Chaldée et la Susiane. Paris: Hachette,
1887.
34. Curzon, George Nathaniel (11 January 1859 – 30 March 1925)
a. Photogravure (12.3x9.0cm).
b. Artist: Photogravure by Elliot & Fry after Emery Walker (2 April 1851 – 22 July
1933).
c. Publication: George Nathaniel Curzon – Persia and the Persian question. London:
Longmans, Green & Co, 1892.
35. Dundas, Lawrence John Lumley, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (11 June1876 – 6 February 1961)
a. Photogravure (15.7x10.0cm).
b. Artist: Photogravure and photograph by Herbert James Metcalfe (16 October 1870 –
29 April 1943).
c. Published: Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland – Sport and
politics under an eastern sky. Edinburgh: Blackwood. 1902.
36. Yule, Henry (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889)
a. Engraving (12.3x9.4cm).
b. Artist: Engraved at Walker & Cockerell after Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April
1848 – 16 January 1925).
c. Published: Henry Yule – The book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian concerning the
kingdoms and marvels of the East. London: John Murray, 1903.
37. Miles, Samuel Barrett (2 October 1838 – 28 August 1914)
a. Photograph (10.2x7.3cm).
b. Artist: Photograph by an unknown artist.
c. Published: Samuel Barrett Miles – The countries and tribes of the Persian Gulf.
London: Harrison,1919.
38. Cox, Percy Zachariah (20 November 1864 – 20 February 1937)
a. Photograph (16.3x10.1cm).
b. Artist: Photograph by an unknown artist.
c. Published: Philip Perceval Graves – The life of Sir Percy Cox. London: Hutchinson
& Co, 1941.
LIST OF PORTAITS OF PRINCES AND MONARCHS
39. Shah Safi Safavi (1611 – 12 May 1642)
a. Engraving (17.1x11cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by John Chantry (fl. 1661 – 1677), after Matthias van Sommer (fl.
1643 – 1672).
c. Published: Adam Olearius – The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by
Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia …
London: Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1662.
40. Friedrich III von Schleswig–Holstein–Gottorp, Duke of Schleswig–Holstein–Gottorp (22
December 1597 – 10 August 1659)
a. Engraving (27.8x17.9cm; also includes portraits of Otto Brueggemann, Philipp von
Krusenstjierna, Johan Albrecht von Mandelso, and Adam Olearius).
b. Artist: Engraved by John Chantry (fl. 1661 – 1677), after Matthias van Sommer (fl.
1643 – 1672).
c. Published: Adam Olearius – The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by
Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia …
London: Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1662.
41. Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia (22 July 1596 – 23 July 1645)
a. Engraving (16.8x11cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by John Chantry (fl. 1661 – 1677), after Matthias van Sommer (fl.
1643 – 1672).
c. Published: Adam Olearius – The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by
Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia …
London: Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1662.
42. Nader Shah Afshar (22 November 1688 – 20 June 1747)
a. Engraving (12.3x6.8cm).
b. Artist: Engraved and painted by unknown artists.
c. Published: W. H. Dilworth – The history of the life and surprising transactions of
Thamas Kouli Kahn, late Sophi of Persia. London: G. Wright, 1758.
43. Nader Shah Afshar (22 November 1688 – 20 June 1747)
a. Engraving (22.8x15.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Deseve after Meunier.
c. Published: Guillaume Antoine Olivier – Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Égypte et
la Perse. Paris: H. Agasse, 1800.
44. Karim Khan Zand (1705 – 1 March 1779)
a. Engraving (22.8x15.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Deseve after Meunier.
c. Published: Guillaume Antoine Olivier – Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Égypte et
la Perse. Paris: H. Agasse, 1800.
45. Nader Shah Afshar (22 November 1688 – 20 June 1747)
a. Engraving (12.8x9.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Charles Theodosius Heath (1 March 1785 – 18 November 1848)
after an unknown artist.
c. Published: John Malcolm – The History of Persia from the most early period, to the
present time… London: John Murray, 1815.
46. Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (14 March 1742 – 17 June 1797)
a. Engraving (12.8x9.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Charles Theodosius Heath (1 March 1785 – 18 November 1848)
after an unknown artist.
c. Published: John Malcolm – The History of Persia from the most early period, to the
present time... London: John Murray, 1815.
47. Fathali Shah Qajar (24 January 1772 – 23 October 1834)
a. Engraving (12.8x9.5cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Charles Theodosius Heath (1 March 1785 – 18 November 1848)
after an unknown artist.
c. Published: John Malcolm – The History of Persia from the most early period, to the
present time… London: John Murray, 1815.
48. Nasser al Din Shah Qajar (17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896)
a. Albumen carte de visite (8.0x5.2cm).
b. Artist: Photographed by an unknown artist.
c. Published: Standalone carte de visite. Paris: Maison Lefevres Frères, 1873.
49. Nasser al Din Shah Qajar (17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896)
a. Engraving (16.5x15.0cm).
b. Artist: Engraved by Callieni after F. Weiss.
c. Published: Viaggio in Persia. Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1873.
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We warranty the authenticity of each lot offered in our sale. There is no time limitation to this guarantee.- Defects in lots have been carefully noted.
- If there are no remarks regarding splits, tears, discoloration, etc., there are no issues to be found for the item!
- All items are carefully and personally examined before being packed "in-house" and shipped by UPS, USPS, DHL or registered mail.
- We do not sell reproductions.
- A certificate of authenticity is provided for each acquired item and can be downloaded from your invoice page.
- Certificates can be found in the Invoice and Certificates center.
- Among our 12.000 clients are collectors, museums, and dealers worldwide constantly looking for fine-quality merchandise.
- With Real-Time Bidding, collectors can participate in the Buy or Bid sale from anywhere in the world, bid, and make purchases easily and quickly from their computers.
- The items do not suffer from the wear and tear of being handled by hundreds of people during viewing days.
- If an item does not sell, there are no costs.
- Sellers can set a minimum reserve price - below which their item will not be sold.
- Our unique Buy-or-Bid system give sellers move freedom in accepting received bids.
A reserve price can be adjusted by the seller, during and up to 2 hours after the sale closes. - Together, New World Cartographic and Paulus Swaen have been in the map business for more than 60 years.
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