The costumes of the various tribes, portraits of ladies of rank, celebrated princes and chiefs, views of the principal fortresses and cities, and interior of the cities and temples of Afghaunistaun

Collection History

Many 19th century plate books on customs and costume came to NYPL from the founding Lenox and Astor library holdings, as well as the personal library of benefactor Samuel J. Tilden. Many of the titles chosen for digitization show dress in the context of ethnicity or nationality. Related dress materials, such as accessories and body ornamentation, are also included.

Related Resources

See also the following digital collections for additional regional works: [Africana & Black History; Asia and the Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs; The Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and Photographs; After Columbus: Four-hundred Years of Native American Portraiture; and Icons and Images of Cultures: Plate Books from the Russian Empire, Early Soviet Russia, and Eastern Europe, 1730-1935]

- 9/23/2004

Collection Data

Names
Day & Son (Printer of plates)
Rattray, James, 1818-1854 (Artist)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1848
Place: London
Publisher: Hering & Remington
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MMR+++ (Rattray, J. Costumes of the various tribes)
Topics
Afghanistan -- Description and travel
Genres
Prints
Notes
Ownership: [Astor, Lenox Tilden Foundations]
Content: On cover: Costumes and scenery of Afghaunistaun ...
Physical Description
Chromolithographs
Extent: 30 (i. e. 34) p. 30 col. plates (incl. front.) on 26 leaves. 62 cm.
Chromolithographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 4318652
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13982630
Library of Congress Control Number: 18022719
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aacbeff0-c6c1-012f-3ad4-58d385a7bc34
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