“The Ramayana” The Illiad of the East, Published by The Knights of Momus, New Orleans: Times-Democrat, February 16th, 1882. Size: 71 cm x 101 cm.
An extremely rare lithographic print depicting various scenes of The Ramayana, one of India’s two great epics. This large broadsheet lithograph was published for the Carnival edition of the New Orleans Times-Democrat in 1882. This rare printing produced by A. Hoen & Co. of Baltimore is a superb example of how literary masterpieces of the Orient became so popular with the western audience towards the close of the 19th century, with educational reflections on religious texts being published regularly in various parts of Europe and North America. The Knights of Momus were the second oldest old line Krewe of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival, being founded in 1872.
Condition-Original tinted lithograph in superb 16 section images, published with newspaper advertisements to verso, chips and tears with some tape repairs to the verso with one horizontal tear affecting one image. Additional charges are required for restoration, framing, etc.
