‘The Grand Seignior’
Date
late 18th century
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Description
Full-length portrait of an unknown Turkish man, heavily bearded, wearing a jewelled hat with feathers, a fur-trimmed coat over a long robe, and carrying a staff topped by a crescent. Turned to the right as viewed.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.284 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text refers to the service of Sir Peter Wyche, father of Sir Cyril Wyche, as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A version of this print appeared in A collection of the dresses of different nations, ancient and modern… (London, Thomas Jeffreys, 1757-1772)
Inscribed below: ‘The Grand Seignior’.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.284 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text refers to the service of Sir Peter Wyche, father of Sir Cyril Wyche, as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A version of this print appeared in A collection of the dresses of different nations, ancient and modern… (London, Thomas Jeffreys, 1757-1772)
Inscribed below: ‘The Grand Seignior’.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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