[Rarebooks] FS: Crimean War portrait printed on silk

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I can offer...

      [CRIMEAN WAR].  Large portrait of General Pelissier of the French 
Army printed on silk with surrounding vignettes of the war.  Lyon: 
Benolle (or Berolle) et Cie., no date, ca 1855-56].  $650
      Appx. 32 inches square, streched on a backer board and framed.  
The central portrait of the General is a lithograph, while the three 
large vignettes around the edge (repeated four times) appear to be 
wood-engravings.  Small abraded spot in the blank section to the right 
of the portrait, a few minor stains, but generally in very good 
condition.  A scarce commemorative textile.
      Aimable Jean Jacques Pelissier, Duc de Malakoff (1794-1864) 
commanded the 1st army corps in the Crimean War, 1854-55 and succeeded 
Marshal Canrobert in supreme command; he stormed the Malakoff on Sept. 
8, 1855, and for his service in the war was created marshal of France, 
duc de Malakoff, and senator.  The vignettes around the edge depict a 
battle scene, a camp scene, and soldiers arrayed in unform.
      From the collection of Leonard Carmichael (1898-1973), secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution from 1953 to 1964 and subsequently 
vice-president for research and exploration at National Geographic.

Here are links to an overview image and a more detailed shot that shows 
the three vignettes...

http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/PelissierTextile.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/PelissierTextileDetail.jpg

$650.  Reciprocal consideration offered to the trade.

Cheers,	
Greg Powers
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