Antique Print of Officer of Janizaries, The Military Costume of Turkey, 1818

Reference
BG-13087-5
Date
1818
Region
Asia
Category
Ethnographic Print
Sheet size
38.0 x 27.0 cm (15.0 x 10.6 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Sold

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:

'This plate represents a subaltern officer. The rank of the different officers in the Turkish armies are distinguished from each other by the form of their turban, or bonnets.'

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