The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye, Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of , London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 1723–24 William Hogarth British Hogarth's print was made early in his career to illustrate an English edition of 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 Bap
The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye, Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of , London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 1723–24 William Hogarth British Hogarth's print was made early in his career to illustrate an English edition of 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, Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of , London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 375801
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