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An illustration of numerous figures wearing robes and turbans standing in a large room with many windows.

An illustration of numerous figures in a large room. The figures are wearing floor-length robes and turbans. Figures to the left of the image are standing in rows of two, each holding an object in their hands. The room has ceiling to floor windows along two of its walls.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42419.1
People
Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse, French (Pouilly 1734 - 1808 Paris)
Title
The Reception of an Ambassador by the Grand Vizir at the Sublime Porte
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1790
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371439

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolor and gouache, heightened with white, on paper
Dimensions
25.1 × 39.1 cm (9 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
frame: 51.1 × 63.8 × 3.8 cm (20 1/8 × 25 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Biilow Fund 1978
Object Number
TL42419.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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