Orkan Kahn, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
1815
John Young English, 1755-1825
England
The second Ottoman sultan, Orkan (or Orhan) reigned from 1326 to 1360, spending most of his time on the battlefield. He acquired the Dardanelles and areas around Constantinople, established longstanding military protocols and costumes, and was the first sultan to mint coins in his own name.
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper