Bajazet Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey
1815
John Young English, 1755-1825
England
The fourth Ottoman sultan, Bajazet I (or Bayezid), ruled from 1389 to 1403. Known as “The Thunderbolt,” a nickname gained during military campaigns under his father, Amurat I, as well as under his own reign, he was eventually captured by Tamerlane in 1402 at Ankara.
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper