Antique Print of Mameluke of Grand Vizier, the Military Costume of Turkey, 1818

Reference
BG-13087-15
Date
1818
Region
Asia
Category
Ethnographic Print
Sheet size
38.0 x 27.0 cm (15.0 x 10.6 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 550

This print is from 'The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by A Series of Engravings. From Drawings made on the Spot. Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.'

London, Published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, (1818). Folio. One of 29 fine handcoloured aquatint plates . Very light offsetting from plate. The original accompanying text of this print is as follows:

"IN the preceding title page, the Mameluke of the Grand Seignior has been described; the present subject represents one belonging to the Grand Vizier.'

The paper is watermarked "J WHATMAN 1817".

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