A PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG SULTAN MAHMUD II
A PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG SULTAN MAHMUD II

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

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A PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG SULTAN MAHMUD II
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Lithograph heightened with gouache on paper, depicted standing next to a side table on a terrace before a large hanging drape, dressed in European-style military uniform, a parade ground and a palace on a riverbank in the background, an inscription giving the name of the Sultan in black nasta'liq script above, framed and glazed, the reverse with owner's inscriptions in French, foxing, top let corner lacking
Visible 19 x 24in. (48.2 x 61 cm.)

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