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  • Turks of Quality at Dinner
  • The Turks conveying the sick to Baclava.
  • Plovdiv (Philippopolis), Bulgaria: the hanging of Bulgarians by Turks. Wood engraving after C.R., 1876.
  • Patras: Greeks rise up against the Turks and massacre them at the castle of Patras, 1821. Etching by V. Gaiassi, 1844.
  • A soldier who ecaped from the Turks dressed as a woman; advertising the military magazine "The Wide World". Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.
  • A soldier who ecaped from the Turks dressed as a woman; advertising the military magazine "The Wide World". Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.
  • Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.
  • Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M----e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c., in different parts of Europe. Which contain among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. Drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers / [Mary Wortley Montagu].
  • Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M----e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c., in different parts of Europe. Which contain among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. Drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers / [Mary Wortley Montagu].
  • Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M----e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c., in different parts of Europe. Which contain among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. Drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers / [Mary Wortley Montagu].
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus communis): flowering plant. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind, surrounded by representations of virtues and proverbs; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • A profile of a man bisected with a curve for measuring the brain, skulls of a Turk (top right), a Georgian woman (bottom left) and a Caribbean (bottom right). Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • North Africa (?): a black man is pinned to the ground by a Turk (?) who treads on his neck, while two other black men beat him with sticks. Wood engraving by C. Laplante, ca. 1880 (?).
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: people are burning in a ballot box, Disraeli is kissing a Turk representing tyranny and crime, a Zulu warrior looks on, and broken puppet of Lord Dalkeith lies in the foreground. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • A sculpture of a naked young man seated, representing the National Socialist ideal of strength and health resulting from willpower and self-confidence. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • A sculpture of a naked young man seated, representing the National Socialist ideal of strength and health resulting from willpower and self-confidence. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • Martyrdom of Paolo Erizzo. Line engraving by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after P. Longhi.
  • A Turkish woman. Oil painting by a French or Dutch (?) painter, 17th century.
  • A Turkish woman. Oil painting by a French or Dutch (?) painter, 17th century.
  • A Turkish woman. Oil painting by a French or Dutch (?) painter, 17th century.
  • A Turkish woman. Oil painting by a French or Dutch (?) painter, 17th century.
  • Two women in a Turkish burying ground; one kneeling on a rug, the other watering plants. Engraving.
  • A monkey rejects the old style clyster for his new 'clyso-pompe', which he fills with opium and marshmallow. Coloured lithograph.
  • Zaro Agha, wearing a turban, in profile, reputedly at the age of 150 years. Photograph, ca. 1925.
  • Zaro Agha, wearing a turban, in profile, reputedly at the age of 150 years. Photograph, ca. 1925.