Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

  • Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737.
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[1714]
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2498822i
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Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The instrument is a kind of guitar with five strings strummed with a whalebone plectrum (Explication des estampes, in Recueil, op. cit.)

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[Paris] : [Basan], [1714]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 35.8 x 24.9 cm

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A painting on copper of the same composition is at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent (National Trust)

Lettering

Fille turque jouant du tehegour. G. Scotin maj. sculp. ; JB ; avec privil. du roi. Bears number bottom right : 51

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Wellcome Collection 2498822i

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