c1760 Antique Print of Turkish Costume / Fashion of Ottoman Turkey

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c1760 Antique Print of Turkish Costume / Fashion of Ottoman Turkey:
$9.99

The print is a copperplate engraving printed on laid paper circa 1757 - 1772.

The sheet measures 12 1/2 X 8 inches and is ingood / fair condition due to a stain in the lower left corner, minor foxing spots, light soiling, smudges and light age toning.

The image is titled \"Habit of the White Sultaness in 1749.\" [The title is repeated in French.]

It is inscribed with a plate number in the lower corner : \"8.\"

The print comes from Thomas Jefferys\' \'\'A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern: Particularly Old English Dresses. : After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and Others. With an Account of the Authorities from which the Figures are Taken; and Some Short Historical Remarks on the Subject,\" published in London in parts between 1757-1772.

There is nothing printed on the reverse side.

This is an antique print guaranteed to be over 240 years old.

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Laid paper is distinguished from wove paper by the presence of thin, parallel lines visible when the paper is held to light. The lines are usually a few millimeters apart. Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. It use was diminished by the 1790\'s by the introduction of wove paper (which eliminated the ribbed lines for a smoother printing surface.)

A copperplate engraving is an intaglio process, i.e. it is the grooves, rather than the raised portions that are inked. The steps are: 1.) A drawing is cut into a copper plate using a burin, a metal tool with a sharp point, to remove the metal and create the lines of the drawing. 2.) Ink is applied to the plate with a dabber or roller, and forced into the grooves. 3.) The surface is cleaned with soft muslin. 4.) A sheet of paper is laid over the plate. 5.) The plate and paper are passed through a rolling press that applies pressure and forces the paper into the grooves to pick up the ink. Prints made with copperplate engraving process usually have a plate-mark left around the image, showing where the plate was pressed into the paper. Steel engraving replaced copperplate engraving in the early 1820\'s.