[A Turkish gentleman] [art original].

Description

Title: [A Turkish gentleman] [art original].
Published / Created: [180-?]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: A full-length portrait of a Turkish gentleman wearing a turban and long robes and carrying a long-stemmed pipe. The turban and robes are drawn using a tiny pinprick design that pierces entirely through the paper. A secondary sheet with attached gold foil appliqué is positioned beneath the pinprick design to allow the gold to shine through the pinpricks imparting an appearance of gold flecked clothing
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
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Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Bruce Antiques.
Extent: 1 drawing on 2 sheets : sheets 27 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 19th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: watercolor ;, laid paper dark opaque watercolor and pinprick design top sheet, and laid paper gold foil appliqué bottom sheet
Subject (Geographic): Turkey.
Subject (Topic): Turbans
Men
Robes
Subjects: Turbans
Men > Turkey
Robes
British > 19th century

Access: Public
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Citation: A Turkish Gentleman. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.