Persian bombardier or artillery man in fur hat; fur-lined jacket over pantalons; firing a cannon mounted on a saddle on a camel. Handcoloured woodcut after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's 鈥楳oeurs; 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.