GRAVURE

Selictar Aga or Sword Bearer to the Grand Signior', Painter: Francis Smith, Engraver : R.Pranker, 25 July 1768, Plate no IX.Engraved from the Collection of the Rt. Honble. Lord Baltimore. Image size 23 x 18,5 cm Sheet size 50 x 39 cm
*After Francis Smith (active in 1760s), painter, apperantly born in Naples, where he painted topographical views for tourist trade. He accompanied Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-1771, named in inscription) to the Levant 1763-1764, then exhibited in London 1768-1773. From a series of Ottoman Costume plates and portraits, numbered Tav. IX, upper right.