Yale Center for British Art

Title:

[Costumes of Vatican and Church dignitaries] [graphic].

Published / Created:

[Italy?] : [publisher not identified], [1840?]

Physical Description:

30 pictures on 5 joined sheets : hand-colored engravings ; sheets end-to-end 11 x 229 cm, accordion folded to 11 x 8 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
BX2790 .C67 1840
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 553

The office of each individual is identified, in Italian, by a caption underneath.

Title supplied by cataloger.

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original embossed red card folder. Reverse of the first panel is inscribed, in black ink, with a verse from Revelations.

30 colored engravings depicting costumes of Vatican and Church dignitaries, on a single accordion-folded strip.

Subject Terms:

Church vestments -- Catholic Church -- Pictorial works. | Costume -- Vatican City -- Pictorial works. | Clergy -- Clothing.

Form/Genre:

Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1840. | Accordion fold format (Binding)