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Costume Of Turkey

Print
1802 (published)
Artist/Maker
William Miller (publishers)
Octavian Dalvimart (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Stipple engravings, coloured by hand, depicting an example of costume in Turkey, with descriptive text in English and in French. Full bound in green morocco. Each plate lettered variously 'Octavian Dalvimart, Delin.' or 'Octavian Dalvimart, delt.' and with engraver's name. There are no titles on the plates but each is numbered. Many of the plates are watermarked 'Ruse & Turner's 1805'.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Costume Of Turkey (series title)
  • The Mufti, or Chief of Religion (assigned by artist)
  • Shaykh al-Islām (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stipple, coloured by hand
Paper
Stipple
Colouring
Brief description
Stipple engraving entitled 'The Mufti, or Chief of Religion', from a volume of 61 plates, after drawings by Octavian Dalvimart, entitled 'Costume Of Turkey', engraved by various artists, and published by William Miller. Great Britain, 1802.
Physical description
Stipple engravings, coloured by hand, depicting an example of costume in Turkey, with descriptive text in English and in French. Full bound in green morocco. Each plate lettered variously 'Octavian Dalvimart, Delin.' or 'Octavian Dalvimart, delt.' and with engraver's name. There are no titles on the plates but each is numbered. Many of the plates are watermarked 'Ruse & Turner's 1805'.

Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 36.9cm
  • Width: 26.4cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
Publish'd January 1, 1802. by W.Miller, Old Bond Strt. London (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
Turkish
Costume
Dress
Place depicted
Turkey
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.182:13

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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