John Young
English, 1755-1825
Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
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John Young
English, 1755-18251815
Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
John Young English, 1755-1825 →mezzotintprint
Date
1815
Medium
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
37.5 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Barbara Kipper
Amurat I (or Murad) was the third Ottoman sultan, ruling from 1360 to 1389. He established the conscripted corps of soldiers called janissaries, and was sometimes referred to as “Lord Dominator” for his extension of the Ottoman dominions from Thrace into Macedonia and Albania.
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