A man wearing a turban turns to look over his shoulder, jealously guarding a young woman. Etching by R. Blyth, 1782, after J.H. Mortimer.
- Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.
- Date:
- Novr. 1782
- Reference:
- 3063641i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Presumably representing a Turk of the Ottoman Empire, renowned in Europe at the time for (among other things) fierceness
Publication/Creation
London (No. 105 New Bond Street) : published as the Act directs ... by R. Blyth, Novr. 1782.
Physical description
1 print : etching, in circle on rectangular plate ; image diameter 29.3 cm, platemark 35 x 33 cm
Lettering
To Sir William Forbes Bar.t this plate is gratefully inscribed, by his much oblig'd and most obedient servant, R. Blyth. From an original drawing of Mortimer, in the collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r. Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3063641i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores