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Album collecting 24 of the 28 plates engraved after the drawings by Francis Smith as an illustration to the account by Lord Baltimore printed in 1768. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman. He lived in Istanbul between 1763 and 1764. He travelled to the East in the company of artist Fr. Smith, whose drawings illustrated Lord Baltimore's editions. In 1768, he was charged with rape, and although he was acquitted, left England in the face of public hostility. Reaching Naples in July or August 1771, Calvert died there on 14 September. The collection was probably assembled by the Italian engraver Carlo Nolli, to whose work the rest of the plates are related. He acquired directly or posthumously the copper plates by Lord Baltimore, who spent his last months in Naples in 1771., V. Grand Vizier -- VI. Reis Effendi, Principal Secretary of State. -- VII. Mufti. -- VIII. Kizlar Aga, chief of the Black Eunuchs. -- IX. Selictar Aga. -- X. Chiaus Bashi. -- XI. Aga -- XII. Arshi Cook of the Seraglio. -- XIII. Boustangi, Gardner of the Seraglio. -- XIV. Ashi Usta. -- XV. One of the Grand Signoirs Foot Guards. -- XVI. Sphais, or Horse Soldier. -- XVII. A Turkish Lady at Home. -- XVIII. A Turkish Lady. -- XIX. A Jewish Girl. -- XX. An Armenian Girl. -- XXI. A Turkish Dancer. -- XXII. A Grecian Woman. -- XXIII. A Greek Woman of Scio. -- XXIVA Greek Woman of Tino. -- XXV. A Greek Woman of Miconi. -- XXVI. A Greek Princess of Vallachia. -- XXVII. A Polander in Dress of the Court. -- XXVIII. A Polish Girl of Swanietz., Title and date devised by Library staff. Contemporary vellum-backed limp boards (worn). Plates from Lord Baltimore's collection are all numbered and captioned in English. A single sheet of letterpress bound at the end provides the "Traduzione Italiana della spiegazione Inglese", that is the Italian translation of the English description of all the plates illustrating the work of Lord Baltimore, including the 4 missing ones. Bound at the end are 9 plates depicting Roman reliefs Herculaneum engraved by Carlo Nolli after drawings by Paderni, Camillo (Italian portraitist and draftsman, active from ca. 1738, died ca. 1770), Giovanni Elia Morghen (1717-1790) and others. Also 1 leaf of engraved text by Carlo Nolli related to the Arch of Trajan in Ancona, Italy., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2015.0010, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25779928, BIB-ID: 2736605, Baltimore, Frederick Calvert. A Tour to the East, in the Years 1763, and 1764. With Remarks on the City of Constantinople and the Turks. Also, Select Pieces of Oriental Wit, Poetry and Wisdom. By F. Lord Baltimore. Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1768; Accademia ercolanese di archeologia, et al. [Antichità di Ercolano esposte con qualche spiegazione]. Napoli: Nella Regia Stamperia, 1755 ; Nolli, Carlo, Andrea Vici, and Francesco Giomignani. L'arco eretto all'imp. Nerva Traiano nel porto di Ancona. A.S.E.D. Francesco 4. d'Aquino patrizio napolitano... dedica l'erede di Carlo Nolli. 1770. |
