‘The Audience of the Grand Vizir’
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Robert Pranker (1733, British) , Engraver
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 90mm
width (print): 90mm
Description
Interior, showing the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, sitting on a sofa before a window, giving an audience to the English Ambassador. The Ambassador is seated on a covered stool, in the act of addressing the Vizier. Various court nobles stand in groups, including two pages who are bringing coffee, preserves and perfumes.
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.285 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.
Inscription above: ‘Engrav’d for the Universal Museum.’ Inscribed below: ‘The Audience of the Grand Vizir at Constantinople.’.
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.285 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.
Inscription above: ‘Engrav’d for the Universal Museum.’ Inscribed below: ‘The Audience of the Grand Vizir at Constantinople.’.
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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