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C1790
Turkish Dresses
Artist:
Grignion
Engraving from Banke’s New System of Geography Published by Royal Authority. Turkish Dresses a Bashaw of three Tails. an Officer of the Janisaries Superintendant of their Kitchen. a Turkish Gentleman. Turkish Dresses a Nobleman in his Robes a Commander in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Turkish Dresses
Date:
C1790
Artist:
Grignion
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
240mm
x 385mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Engraving from Banke’s New System of Geography Published by Royal Authority.
Turkish Dresses
- a Bashaw of three Tails.
- an Officer of the Janisaries Superintendant of their Kitchen.
- a Turkish Gentleman.
Turkish Dresses
- a Nobleman in his Robes
- a Commander in Chief of the Saphis.
- an Officer of the supreme Court of Judicature.
Artist:
Thomas Bankes: 18th century collector of maps and engravings and vicar of Dixton, Monmouthshire, whose New and Authentic System of Universal Geography (London, C. Cooke, ca. 1788-90) compiled views from various countries, including some detailing the voyages of Captain James Cook.
Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook’s A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography (hereafter Thomas Bankes’s). A massive folio volume of 990 double-columned pages, this was a popular work, running to six editions in the years from 1775 to 1797
