[Armenia - Georgia]. GAGARIN, Grigory Grigoryevich. - Lot 143

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[Armenia - Georgia]. GAGARIN, Grigory Grigoryevich. - Lot 143
[Armenia - Georgia]. GAGARIN, Grigory Grigoryevich. [Set of seven plates] Paris, Chromolith. Lemercier, (ca. 1850–1900). 7 folio-sized plates (57 x 40 cm). Unmounted (some foxing, mainly in the margins). Set of 7 beautiful plates. 6 are chromolithographs, 4 of which feature stenciled gold highlights; one is a lithograph in black on a tinted background, based on Prince Grégoire Gagarin by Baillarge, Leroux, Rauhneim, Cassagne, Chaupy, E. Cicéri, Ph. Benoist, and Régamey, and printed in Paris by Lemercier. They depict the architecture, decorative elements, and traditions of the Caucasus, primarily in Georgia, as well as in Armenia and Azerbaijan: the frescoes of Gelati, the Ateshgah Fire Temple in Baku, paintings from the residence of the Maghaladze princes, the Church of Zion, 15th-century Georgian costumes, earthenware from the Yerevan Mosque, and details of the Ertazminda Church.
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