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Collections

Turkish Personage and Costume: Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839)circa 1820-1825

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Watercolor and ink full-length portrait of a bearded man in a voluminous orange robe with black fur trim and a large white turban with a tall green plume
Title
Turkish Personage and Costume: Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839)
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
circa 1820-1825
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
10 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (27.46 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.62
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Denny, Walter B. Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edward Binney, 3rd. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1979.
  • Denny, Walter B. and Judy Levin. Court and Conquest: Ottoman origins and the design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera: featuring costumes designed by Judy Levin: the Equitable Gallery, New York, November 19, 1998-January 23, 1999: The Kent State University Museum, Kent, Ohio, February 17-April 25, 1999. Kent, OH: Kent State University Museum, 1998.