"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue., Watermark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 30.7 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
"George IV, dressed as a Turk, marches arrogantly past a row of ladies of his harem, holding a large goblet whose contents are spilling. He wears a jewelled turban with the high peak of a fool's cap, terminating in a bell. The end of his long furred robe is held by a thin man (left) wearing a turban decorated with antlers to indicate Lord Conyngham; the latter's arms and legs are bare, and he shambles along, carrying a decanter. The King says: "Variety is charming. Constancy is not for me, so Ladies pray take warning." The seven ladies, all fat and all in quasi-Turkish dress with turbans, watch him intently."--British Museum online catalogue and "Illustration to a verse satire on the life of George IV, in which the villain is Queen Charlotte. The design may derive from prints of the Prince and Lord Jersey in 1796, especially Gillray's 'Grand-Signior retiring' (British Museum Satires No. 8807). In British Museum Satires No. 8809 there is a picture of the Prince as a Turk among his harem. Among the seven here depicted, but scarcely characterized, are probably, besides Lady Conyngham and Lady Hertford, the Duchess of Richmond, and Mrs. Quentin. The print appears in British Museum Satires No. 14030; a similar print is in British Museum Satires No. 14049."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Hudibras, the younger. Sultan Sham, and his seven wives. London : Printed and published by W. Benbow, 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 5 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Manuscript title "Front. to Sultan Sham & his seven wives" written in ink at bottom of sheet. Figures of "Ld. Conyngham" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834., Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Quentin, Georgina.
The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 34.8 cm.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
