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Officer of Janizaries.

D'Alvimart, Octavien (illus.)

N.p. (Thomas McLean, 1810s). Framed, full-color plate of a Turkish warrior from John Heaviside Clark's The Military Costume of Turkey, engraved by F. H. Clark from a drawing by Octavien D'Alvimart. This plate shows a subaltern officer of the janizaries, or janissaries, a division of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard. The mustached officer stands in a red and gold coat holding a short sword; atop his head is a distinctive feathered hat. Framed in cream matting and a red wooden frame. Fine. (Image area 10 by 8 inches; frame 15 by 13 inches). Item #25980

Price: $150.00