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The Military Costume Of Turkey

Print
1818 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and aquatint, printed in brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting military costume in Turkey. Volume of plates (31) including frontispiece and title page, with descriptive text. Full bound in maroon marocco, gilt. Each plate lettered variously 'London Published by Thos Mc Lean January 1 1818'. Most plates lettered variously 'I.H.Clark'. Most plates numbered, although the numbering of the plates does not correspond to the plate numbers given in the text and in the 'Contents'.




Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Military Costume Of Turkey (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint
Brief description
Etching and aquatint from a volume of 31 plates entitled 'The Military Costume Of Turkey', drawn by John Heaviside Clark, published by Thomas McLean. Great Britain, 1818.
Physical description
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting military costume in Turkey. Volume of plates (31) including frontispiece and title page, with descriptive text. Full bound in maroon marocco, gilt. Each plate lettered variously 'London Published by Thos Mc Lean January 1 1818'. Most plates lettered variously 'I.H.Clark'. Most plates numbered, although the numbering of the plates does not correspond to the plate numbers given in the text and in the 'Contents'.


Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 38.1cm
  • Width: 26.8cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
London Published by Thos Mc Lean January 1 1818 (Lettered)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.164:24

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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