AN ALBUM OF TWENTY-FOUR WATERCOLOURS OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS, COURTIERS AND OTHER FIGURES
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
bound album, watercolour on paper, each numbered in ink, inscribed in pencil in English and on verso in French with their identifying position including a Judge, a city magistrate and members of the janissary army
Dimensions
Book cover 31.7cm x 20.7cm; folio 31.7cm x 19.7cm
Provenance
An accompanying letter implies that it was gifted to the Archibald family in circa 1814; thence by descent.