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001 $ 03/2452
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20220215152617.4
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 1 $a [Turkish Dresses]
260 # # $a [London:] $b $c 1769.
300 # # $a [28] pl. (4 dble.); $c 436 mm. (first 4 pl.); 339 mm. (last 24 pl.). (Broadsheet)
508 # # $a All plates except the first are signed as painted by Franco. Smith, and engraved by I. Bayly, R. Pranker, T. White, J. Caldwal, M. Liart, G. Vitalba, P. Mazell or W. Byrne.
520 2 # $a There is no title-page or title-plate. The work is listed in the 1802 catalogue of the library of the Royal Academy as 'Smith's Turkish Dresses'. Publication-dates of 1768 or 1769 are carried by all plates, except the first (a map of Constantinople), which carries the date 1767.

All plates except the first are captioned as engraved from the collection of Lord Baltimore.

The painter, Francis Smith, spent his early life in Naples. From 1763 he travelled with Lord Baltimore in Turkey, Greece and Poland, making the drawings which form the basis of the present publication. (By 1768 he was in London, and he exhibited with the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1773.)
561 # # $a Acquired by 1802. Recorded in Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
563 # # $a 20th-century half calf; 19th-century brown cloth-covered boards. Spine lettered, 'Smith's Turkish Dresses'.
600 1 4 $a Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord
600 1 4 $a Smith, Francis
653 # # $a Costume - Dress - Turkey - Istanbul - Social life and customs - History - 18th century
653 # # $a Collections - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Smith, Francis $e source artist
700 1 # $a Bayly, I. $e engraver
700 1 # $a Pranker, Robert $e engraver
700 1 # $a White, Thomas $e engraver
700 1 # $a Caldwall, James $e engraver
700 1 # $a Liart, Mathieu $e engraver
700 1 # $a Vitalba, Giovanni $e engraver
700 1 # $a Mazell, Peter $e engraver
700 1 # $a Byrne, William $e engraver
852 8 # $d 1802: 2-5-04; 1821: 4-5-03.