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
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