A representation of Charles XII's battle plan when he fought the Russians and the Turks. The medals decorating the bottom of the plate depict his opponents, Peter the Great of Russian and the Turkish Achmet's vizier
A representation of Charles XII's battle plan when he fought the Russians and the Turks. The medals decorating the bottom of the plate depict his opponents, Peter the Great of Russian and the Turkish Achmet's vizier
A patriarchal cap or tiara in the shape of an imperial crown, based on the crown 'of Methodios, an ancient Patriarch of Constantinople, brought thence to Rome". See v. 1, p. 72.
A patriarchal cap or tiara in the shape of an imperial crown, based on the crown 'of Methodios, an ancient Patriarch of Constantinople, brought thence to Rome". See v. 1, p. 72.
A Turkish bath; a white woman, nude apart from a cloth around her legs, seats on low steps in a bath-house with a high ceiling perforated by numerous round holes; a black woman servant standing behind her and assisting her. On the wall to the right is...
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Public baths, Therapeutic baths, Servants, and Women
In Smyrna with a city in the distance, a group of women and girls perform a folk dance in a wooded landscape. The figure labelled '1' is identified in the text as 'one of the Chief Woman in Smyrna'' and '7' is her daughter; both wear Turkish headdress...
In Smyrna with a city in the distance, a group of women and girls perform a folk dance in a wooded landscape. The figure labelled '1' is identified in the text as 'one of the Chief Woman in Smyrna'' and '7' is her daughter; both wear Turkish headdress...
Scene in the Hippodrome in Constantinople with figures numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 196-97, 249-50). In the foreground a procession for a Turkish bride who is carried by Janizaries; the group includes musicians who blow horns and b...
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Turkish.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743. and Hippodrome of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)