Title
A common soldier of the Janizaries [graphic] / Preu 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 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 45.2 x 30 cm
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.698.
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 man with a long moustache, wearing a coat, full trousers looped up and fastened with a thick sash around the waist, a blanket with a small emblem tucked into it and hanging down the sides, a tall crescent hat with a veil hanging from it and a decorative plume; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Common soldier of the Janissaries
Added to Catalog
August 17, 2015
Genre/Form
Costume prints - Turkish - England - 1794.
Aquatints - England - London - 1794.
Etchings - England - London - 1794.