[A Turkish lady] [art original].

Description

Title: [A Turkish lady] [art original].
Published / Created: [180-?]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: A full-length portrait of a Turkish lady wearing robes and a headdress. Her clothing is depicted 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.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Turkey.
Subject (Topic): Women
Subjects: Women > Turkey
British > 19th century

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