"Costumi Turchi e Grechi fatti in Constantinopoli 1790" | Album of original watercolours, 1790
Estimate:
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
"Costumi Turchi e Grechi fatti in Constantinopoli 1790" | Album of original watercolours, 1790
"Costumi Turchi e Grechi fatti in Constantinopoli 1790" | Album of original watercolours, 1790
Estimate:
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot sold:
50,400
GBP
Authenticity guarantee
What is guaranteed?
Turkish and Greek costume
“Costumi Turchi e Grechi fatti in Constantinopoli 1790”, Constantinople, 1790
Folio (320 x 190mm.), manuscript title, 67 original watercolour, comprising a half length portrait of Sultan Abdul Hamid I and 66 full-length portraits of officials, soldiers, sailors, traders, ladies, etc., contemporary manuscript captions in an Italian hand, contemporary tree calf, a few captions cropped, rebacked retaining original spine
Folio (320 x 190mm.), manuscript title, 67 original watercolour, comprising a half length portrait of Sultan Abdul Hamid I and 66 full-length portaits of officials, soldiers, sailors, traders, ladies, etc., contemporary manuscript captions in an Italian hand, contemporary tree calf, a few captions cropped, rebacked retaining original spine
A note in pencil on the title reads “Done by a Greek, self taught”.
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