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A colonel of the Janizaries
Title
A colonel of the Janizaries [graphic] / Bierwerth del.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street, [1 November 1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & aquatint ; plate mark 35.0 x 25 cm, on sheet 45.1 x 30 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.699.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"A bald man with a thick beard and moustache, in profile to right, hands joined in front of him, wearing a long ermine-trimmed gown and a hat with a full plume providing a broad canopy and a small flag; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Colonel of the Janissaries
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 17, 2015
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Costume prints - Turkish - England - 1794.
Aquatints - England - London - 1794.
Etchings - England - London - 1794.
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