Plate showing the crowning of the Sultan Achmet in the Mosque of Yup
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Tom. I. No. XXI"--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 16 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.6 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey and Istanbul.
Subject (Name):
Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736. and La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Plate showing the crowning of the Sultan Achmet in the Mosque of Yup
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Tom. I. No. XXI"--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey and Istanbul.
Subject (Name):
Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736. and La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
A map of the Caspian Sea with figures below, keyed with the letters 'e' through 'i' and who are not Moscovites but a Circassian (g), Circassian maidens (f), which he is offering to sell to the Persian (h). The figure keyed 'i' is a Nogharian Tartar
Alternative Title:
Voresta Moscovitica ...
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and imprint from Paulson., One of five plates formerly (but no longer, see Paulson 3rd ed.) thought to have been partially the work of Hogarth and engraved for: A. de La Motraye's Travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "C."--Upper left corner., "T. II."--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 19 in volume 1.
A detail showing figures keyed with the letters 'e' through 'i' and who are not Moscovites but a Circassian (g), Circassian maidens (f), which he is offering to sell to the Persian (h). The figure keyed 'i' is a Nogharian Tartar. Original formerly thought to have been the work of William Hogarth
Alternative Title:
5 standing Muscovites
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger based on original as described in Paulson., A copy of a plate from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 268. Rejected as the work of Hogarth in 3rd ed., On page 19 in volume 1., and Ms. note at top in Steevens's hand: Copy.
A lady (a Muse?), with a cello and open book with musical notations at her feet, addresses, on behalf of Leveridge's songs, Venus and Bacchus, shown in clouds above; Cupid stands at his mother's side presumably helping to persuade her
Description:
Title, printmaker and artist, state, and date from Paulson, With: Engraved title page for "A collection of songs with the musick by Mr. Leveridge. In two volumes. London : Engrav'd and printed for the author in Tavistock-Street, Covent-Garden, 1727.", "The ornaments around the title page many also be by Hogarth, but I see no very good reason to thinks so"--Paulson, p. 71., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Not inserted by Mr. Nichols., and On page 47 in volume 1. Plate mark 9.6 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 17.3 x 10 cm.
A lady (a Muse?), with a cello and open book with musical notations at her feet, addresses, on behalf of Leveridge's songs, Venus and Bacchus, shown in clouds above; Cupid stands at his mother's side presumably helping to persuade her
Description:
Title, printmaker and artist, state, and date from Paulson, With: Engraved title page for "A collection of songs with the musick by Mr. Leveridge. In two volumes. London : Engrav'd and printed for the author in Tavistock-Street, Covent-Garden, 1727.", "The ornaments around the title page many also be by Hogarth, but I see no very good reason to thinks so"--Paulson, p. 71., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Frontispiece only.
