Grosvenor Prints

[Chef of Ahmed III.] Ast-chi Cuisinier du Grand Seigneur.
JB.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A fine cooking image. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47039] £330.00

[Turkish Girl Drinking Coffee on a Sofa.] Fille Turque prenant le Caffé sur le Sopha.
J.B. I. Haussard sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"); mint with very large margins.
One of the earliest coffee images. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47017] £330.00

Odalique ou Favorite du Sultan.
Aug. de St. Aubin ad vivum Del. Grave par Tse Ere. Hemery, Fme. Lingee, de l'Academie Rle. de Marseille.
A Paris chez l'auteur rue St. Thomas, Porte St. Jacques No.22. [n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple and etching printed in colours, 250 x 170mm. 9¾ x 6¾".
An odalisque was a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio (the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household). She was an assistant or apprentice to the concubines and wives, and she might rise in status to become one of them. Most odalisques were part of the Imperial Harem, that is, the household, of the sultan. The word "odalisque" originates from the Turkish odalik, meaning "chambermaid", from oda, "chamber" or "room". After Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736 - 1807).
[Ref: 11934] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Confectioner of the Seraglio] Halvadgi, ou Confisuer du Serail.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47040] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mufti. Chief of the Mahometan Church. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t July 25 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 279 x 202mm (11 x 8"). Uncut with large margins.
A Mufti, an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter and expounder of Islamic law. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Greek Woman of Miconi, an Island in the Archipelago. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25, 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A woman dressed in costume with figures, the town and boats in the bay behind. Mykonos is the Greek Island situated in the Aegean Sea, forming part of the Cyclades Archipelago. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30123] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Kislar Aga, Chief of the Black Eunuchs, and first Keeper of the Serraglio. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 285 x 202mm (11¼ x 8"). Uncut with large margins.
Kislar Aga, the Master of the Girls at the Sultan's Imperial Harem. A seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30126] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Turkish Lady, Going with her Slave to the Bath. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore.
Franco Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. 25 July 1768.
Engraving, 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". Trimmed to plate. Some soiling.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731 - 1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits, numbered 'Tav. XVIII' upper right.
for a better impression of this print see ref. 30113
[Ref: 11702] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Giovine Turca, che prende il Caffe sul Soffa. [French translation to right.]
Apud Theodorum Viero Venetiis [n.d., c.1775.]
Engraving, 280 x 200mm. 11 x 7¾".
A Turkish girl taking coffee in an interior. Captions in Italian and French. By Teodoro Viero (1740 - 1819), engraver and publisher in Venice.
[Ref: 10509] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Greek Princess of Vallachia. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. P. Mazell sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Feb. 20. 1769.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 202mm (10¾ x 8"). Uncut with large margins, slightly dusty.
A Princess of Great Wallachia, also known as Thessaly Wallachia, which formed part of Thessaly in Greece. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30124] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Turkish Lady, Going with her Slave to the Bath. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30113] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Selictar Aga, or Sword Bearer, to the Grand Signior. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25. 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Some foxing.
The chief sword-bearer to the Sultan. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30128] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

An Armenian Girl. Dress'd for her Marriage Ceremony. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25. 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 285 x 205mm (11¼ x 8"). Uncut with large margins.
An Armenian girl dressed ready for her marriage ceremony. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30119] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Greek Woman of Tino, An Island in the Archipelago. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25. 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A woman standing in costume from Tinos, the Greek island in the Aegean Sea, located in the Cyclades archipelago. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30120] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Chiaus Bashi. Chamberlain of the Ottoman Court. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. M. Liart sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 31. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30114] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Portraits du Moufti & autres Gens de Loi de l'Empire Ottoman avec celui d'un Emir & du Patriarche des Grecs, tirez sur les Lieux, d'après Nature ou d'après les Originaux.
[Amsterdam, 1719.]
Engraving with very large margins. 370 x 425mm (14½ x 16¾").
Four full-length portraits of Turkish costume, each with a descriptive engraved text: a Mufti, an scholar of Islamic law; an Emir, a commander, here described as a descendant of Mohammed; an Iman, a religious leader; and a Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. At the centre is a depiction of 'whirling' Dervishes in their temple at Pera (now Beyoglu, a suburb of Istanbul). From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume 'Atlas Historique'.
[Ref: 35145] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Aga, A Turkish Gentleman. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. R. Pranker sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t July 25 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Turkish gentleman of nobility with his residence behind in the background; he stands holding a long pipe and with a dagger tucked into his wasitband. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30132] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Reis Effendi; Principale Secretary of State. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. T. White sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Uncut with large margins. Crease to margin. Spot of rust in image.
The Reis Effendi, a political post in the Ottoman Empire, the Foreign Minister or Secretary of State; also seen as the Chancellor of the Empire. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
See Ref: 11698 for cut version. Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30134] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Boustangi; Gardener of the Seraglio. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. P. Mazell sculp.
Publish'd accord.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 31. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Slightly time stained.
A gardener to the Turkish Sultan. A seraglio (also serraglio) is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30116] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

One of the Grand Signior's Foot Guards. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. W. Byrne sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30. 1769.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Crease to left along platemark edge.
A guard of the Turkish Sultan, armed with bow and arrows. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30115] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Grand Vizir. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pint. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
The Grand Vizier was the most important minister of the Turkish Sultan, in principle dismissible only by the Sultan himself. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30112] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Urshi Usta. Officer and Cook of the Janissaries. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. M. Liart sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25, 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Uncut with large margins. Crease and tear to margin.
The Janissaries comprised infantry units that formed the Turkish Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
See Ref: 11698 for cut version. Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30133] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Arshi, Cook of the Seraglio. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t Jan.y 30 1769.
Engraving. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins. Few creases.
A cook to the Turkish Sultan. The seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
for a cut version. Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30111] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Turkish Dancer. Dancing before her Master. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d acc.g to Act of Parl.t Feb 15. 1769.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 272 x 196mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
A Turkish lady dancing in front of the Sultan; most likely she would have lived in the seraglio. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Spahis, or Horse Soldier. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. M. Liart sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Uncut with large margins.
Spahis were originally the light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30118] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Turkish Lady at Home. Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. G. Vitalba sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t 25 July 1768.
Fine engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 285 x 196mm (11¼ x 7¾"). Uncut with large margins.
An elegantly dressed woman holding papers in her right hand. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30129] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Greek Woman of Scio, An Island in the Archipelago. Engrav'd from the Collection of the Rt. Hon.ble Lord Baltimore.
Fran.co Smith pinx. M. Liart sculp.
Publ.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 25. 1768.
Fine engraving. Plate 266 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Uncut with large margins.
A woman in costume from Chios, the fifth largest of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea. After Francis Smith (fl.1760s) painter, apparently born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for the tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-4, then exhibited in London 1768-73. From a series of Ottoman costume plates and portraits.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30121] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Six watercolours of Turkish costumes.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Six watercolours, trimmed and mounted on album paper. Each c. 150 x 120mm (6 x 5"). Glue stains in corners.
Including a coach containing noble women, and a 'whirling' Dervish and a man kneeling on a carpet for prayer.
[Ref: 31451] £600.00 view all images for this item

[Turkish Dancer.] Tchinguis ou Danseuse Turque.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A Turkish woman in a seductive mode. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47023] £360.00

[Turkish Girls Playing Mancala.] Filles Turques qui jouant au Mangala.
JB.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47021] £320.00

[Map of Southern Europe, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula] Allgemeine Landkarte andeutend an welchem Orte jedes von denen in diesem ersten Buch angeführten Gebaudengelegen.
[Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Title in Arabic, with additional text in French and German. Foxed.
Plate from the 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) by Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach, the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations. This map was included to show the location of the buildings illustrated in the first part of the work. These include six of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (the Pyramids at Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse at Alexandria), all of which are represented by small vignettes. With key listing plates in the first part of Fischer's book.
[Ref: 33395] £450.00

[A Legal Leader.] Le Casi-leskier, Chef des Loix. Il y en a un d'Europe et un d'Asie.
JB. G. Scotin major sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47043] £330.00

[Turkish lover slitting his wrists to prove his desire] Amant Turc qui se perce le bras devant sa Maitresse pour preuve de son amour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving, mint; platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 46965] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mariage Turc.
J.B. Scotin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [French, n.d., c.1720s.]
Engraving, 390 x 460mm. 15¼ x 18". Centrefold, some creases and closed tears. On a conservation backing.
A Turkish wedding procession through a fantastic landscape featuring ruined architecture, and a river with waterfall and wooden bridge in distance. From a series; numbered '100' lower right. Engraved by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin II (1698 - 1755 after).
[Ref: 22396] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

View of a Turkish Mosque on the river Peneus, with a distant prospect of the City of Larissa. Engraved for Moore's Voyages & Travels.
White sculp.
[Moore, c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 203 x 299mm. 8 x 11¾".
A Turkish Mosque with the city of Larissa to the right, located on the Salembria River, known as the Peneus River. Camels on the far shore, one drinking and a cow in the right foreground.
[Ref: 25704] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[A Mufti.] Le Moufti, ou Chef de la Loy.
JB. G. Scotin major sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint condition, with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47042] £330.00

Le Selim Turc. The Turkish Prayer.
Mme. Colin Pinx et Lith. Lit. de Gihaut Frères.
[French, n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph in fine colour by hand with gum arabic, on scrap book page. Image 215 x 145mm, 8½ x 5¾". Lacking margins.
Highly romanticized image of two women in an interior in lavish 'oriental' costume; they seem to be a wealthy and important 'lady', seated and holding jewellery, and a servant or supplicant (standing, behind). Landscape through an open window, to left; curtain behind, to right.
[Ref: 25043] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Turkish Woman Playing the Qanun.] Fille Turque jouant du Canon.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A musical scene. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47019] £330.00

[Turkish Girl Sewing.] Fille Turque qui brode.
JB. C. Du Bosc sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47022] £320.00

Croquis par divers Artistes. No.51. Decamps.
DC [artist's monogram, on stone.] Lith. de Villain.
A Paris, chez Rittner boulevard Montmartre, n°12 London 1830 published by Ch. Tilt 86 Fleet Street.
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 295mm. 8½ x 11½".
Four sketches on a single sheet after Decamps illustrating life in the Ottoman Empire. Vignettes include Greek or Turkish figures duelling with swords, an Arab driving a wagon pulled by oxen; and a mud brick building in the Middle East. From a drawing book.
[Ref: 23527] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Habit of a Turkish Standardbearer in 1749. Porte-Enseigne Ture. 23.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Large margins. Small tear in lower center in margin.
Portrait of a man, whole-length standing, directed to the left, looking to the right. He is wearing a feathered turban, he holds a pole with flag in his right hand, and his left hand is resting on the hilt of his sword. Plate 23 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62877] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Turkish Woman Playing the Tehegour.] Fille Turque jouant du Tehegour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A Turkish woman in a suggestive mode. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47020] £360.00

[Pair of watercolour Turkish scenes.]
[Anonymous follower of Amadeo Preziosi, Maltese, 1816-1882. From an album signed 'Gubbins' or 'Gibbins', Undated c.1845.]
Watercolour over pencil. 165 x 200mm (6½ x 8").
A street scene and a traveller.
[Ref: 15589] £380.00 view all images for this item

[Turkish Woman Spinning] Femme Turque filant au Tandour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"); mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47016] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Turks Head with a Veil]
Tho. Worlidge Fecit 1751
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Slight staining; good impression.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 afater his death with added numbers in the top right corner to correspond with the numbers in the catalogue of his prints which she produced. This is a lifetime impression before the number '62' was added in top right.
W62; D219. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32578] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[A Turk's head.]
[Thos Worlidge fecit 1753.]
Etching, sheet 115 x 100 (4½ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark; foxed; glued to backing sheet at top; on laid paper.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow Mary issued his plates in 1767 after his death with added numbers in the top right corner to correspond with the numbers in the catalogue of his prints which she produced (in which this plate was listed as 'a Turk's head'). Unusual ink marks not found on other impressions suggest a first state.
i(?)/iv; W63; D220
[Ref: 32870] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Turk's head]
Thos Worlidge fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 130 x 100 (45 x 4"). Good impression; faded ink stains from verso; good impression on cream laid paper.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary reissued his plates in 1767 after his death with the number '63' added in the top right corner to correspond with the catalogue of Worlidge prints which she produced (in which this plate was listed as 'a Turk's head').
ii/iv; W63; D220
[Ref: 32871] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[A Turk's head]
Thos Worlidge fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 130 x 100 (45 x 4"). Large margins; faint water stain.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '63' added in the top right corner (this plate was listed as 'a Turk's head').
iii/iv; W63; D220
[Ref: 32872] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Turk's head]
Thos Worlidge fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 130 x 100 (45 x 4"). Large margins; foxing around edges.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression postdating the 1767 edition by Worlidge's widow Mary.
iv/iv; W63; D220
[Ref: 32873] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[A Turk's head]
J.G. Spurgeon a.f [after Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, sheet 130 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; creased.
Copy in reverse of a Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Spurgeon was a pupil of Worlidge.
W63 (copy); D220 (copy).
[Ref: 32874] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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