Shah of Persia with long beard and elaborately bejeweled crown.
Shah of Persia with long beard and elaborately bejeweled crown, ceremonial robes, belt, dagger, and sword. Handcoloured woodcut by E. Vermorcken and Mercier after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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