Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
1815
John Young English, 1755-1825
England
Amurat I (or Murad) was the third Ottoman sultan, ruling from 1360 to 1389. He established the conscripted corps of soldiers called janissaries, and was sometimes referred to as “Lord Dominator” for his extension of the Ottoman dominions from Thrace into Macedonia and Albania.
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper