Cossack — engraving

Cossack.

Antique engraving.

A Cossack is a representative of the military class, which developed on the outskirts of the Russian state in the 15th - 17th centuries. from escaped serfs, serfs and the urban poor. Since the 18th century, he was obliged to perform military service in a light cavalry army on his own horse, with his own clothes and weapons, for preferential use of land.

Technique, Material: Copper engraving / Hand colouring / Paper
Artist, Engraver:   
Date: Pub. by R. Ackermann, London, 1823.
Size:  8,5 x 13 cm.