The sword-bearer of the Grand Sultan [graphic]

Description

Title: The sword-bearer of the Grand Sultan [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 November 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Abstract: "A man with a long moustache, standing to right, holding a scimitar in a jewelled sheath against his right shoulder, wearing a suit of embroidered silk with a long skirt and long strips hanging from the shoulders, a tall fluted hat with tassels; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.693.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Turkish court costume -- Turkish officers: sword-bearer.
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 45.3 x 29.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 12 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Costume prints Turkish England 1794
Aquatints England London 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: Turkish > England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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