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Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784, An Aga of the Janizaries, 1779
- Title:
An Aga of the Janizaries
- Additional Title(s):
An Aga of the Janissaries
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, laid on mount
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 x 13 1/16 inches (40.6 x 33.1 cm), Plate: 14 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (37.8 x 30.2 cm), Image: 13 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (33.7 x 27.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, along lower left border of oval image: "Drawn by J. H. Mortimer."'; lower center: "An Aga of the Janizaries ~ | Published as the Act directs, July 19th, 1779, by R. Blyth."; along lower right border of oval image: "Etch'd by R. Blyth."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12028
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aga | beard | commander | costume | fez | infantry | janissaries | man | moustache | Ottoman | oval | portrait | profile (figure) | turban
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31633
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