The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of ," London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 1723–24 William Hogarth British Hogarth made this print early in his career to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. The image of a Turkish harem derives in part from images found in "Recueil de cent estampes représentant differéntes nations du " (A Collection of One Hundred Prints Representing Nations of the Levant, 1712-13). In that earlier publication, engravings by Gérard Scotin (1643–1715) after Jean Baptiste Vanmour includ
The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of ," London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 1723–24 William Hogarth British Hogarth made this print early in his career to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. The image of a Turkish harem derives in part from images found in "Recueil de cent estampes représentant differéntes nations du " (A Collection of One Hundred Prints Representing Nations of the Levant, 1712-13). In that earlier publication, engravings by Gérard Scotin (1643–1715) after Jean Baptiste Vanmour include plate 45, "Femme Turque qui fume (Turkish woman smoking); plate 50, "Fille Turque jouet du canon" (Turkish girl playing a canon), "Fille Turque jouet du tehegour" (Turkish girl playing a tehegour), and plate 54, "Tchinguis, ou Danseuse turque" (Tchinguis woman performing a Turkish dance). Hogarth's print adapts Vanmour's figures, and adds others, placing them in a detailed architectural The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of ," London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 396224
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