Officier des Janiisaires Polonois
Etching and Aquatint
1771 (made)
1771 (made)
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Etching and aquatint, printed in brown, depicting a Polish janissary officer. Signed and dated 'Le Prince 1771', and lettered with title.
Object details
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| Title | Officier des Janiisaires Polonois (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | etching with aquatint |
| Brief description | Etching and aquatint by Jean Baptiste Le Prince entitled 'Officier des Janiisaires Polonois'. French School, 1771. |
| Physical description | Etching and aquatint, printed in brown, depicting a Polish janissary officer. Signed and dated 'Le Prince 1771', and lettered with title. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Le Prince 1771 (Signed and dated) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Production | It is likely that the figures in SP357A & B were members of a private unit of janissaries acting as personal bodyguards to a Polish magnate. There were also regiments of janissaries in the Polish army until the reforms of 1788. See letter from Adam Zamoyski in Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SP.357B |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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