Turkish Dresses
Etching and Stipple
ca. 1792 (published)
ca. 1792 (published)
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Etching and stipple engraving entitled 'Turkish Dresses', Vol.1, Book 2, chapter 8, following p.194. Six figures are depicted, lettered with titles The Grand Vizier, The Sultaness, The Grand Seignior, A Turkish Priest, A Bashaw, and The Iman of the Mosque. Numbered 87 and lettered with publisher's name and address.
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| Materials and techniques | Etching and stipple engraving |
| Brief description | Etching depicting 'Turkish Dresses', one of a series of illustrations (17) on 11 plates to the Revd Thomas Bankes for 'A New, Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography'. Published in Britain by Charles Cooke, ca. 1792. |
| Physical description | Etching and stipple engraving entitled 'Turkish Dresses', Vol.1, Book 2, chapter 8, following p.194. Six figures are depicted, lettered with titles The Grand Vizier, The Sultaness, The Grand Seignior, A Turkish Priest, A Bashaw, and The Iman of the Mosque. Numbered 87 and lettered with publisher's name and address. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Associated object | SP.70 (Version) |
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| Accession number | SP.69 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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