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A Turkish executioner. Coloured aquatint by I.H. Clark, 1818.
- Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863.
- Date
- January 1 1818
- Reference
- 581655i
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Credit: A Turkish executioner. Coloured aquatint by I.H. Clark, 1818. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Standing, holding a serrated club, with a dagger and pistols in his belt
Publication/Creation
London : Thos McLean, January 1 1818.
Physical description
1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 33.7 x 26.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Bostanji or executioner
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 373.30
Lettering note
Lettering in ink outside platemark
Bears plate no.: 28
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 581655i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores