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a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords Last edited by gp; 1st April 2024 at 11:54 PM. |
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2nd April 2024, 01:57 PM | #2 |
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two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir
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3rd April 2024, 08:03 AM | #3 |
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gp, do you know who the king on horseback is supposed to be?
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3rd April 2024, 10:18 AM | #4 |
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Unfortunately not: the only title on this sculpture is “ Guerrier à Cheval “ , i.e. warrior on horse and made end 19th century. Sometimes “Ottoman” added to warrior on some of the literature describing this piece of art.
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8th April 2024, 07:26 PM | #5 |
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with reference to a resent topic, one of the early pics in "the West" of these fierce and feared warriors
"Janissaire, Chef-Arciere, Comandante, et Bourreau Turc - XV -XVI Siècle" acquaforte originale ca. 15,5x25,5 cm by Raphael Jacquemin (1821 - 1881) in a book of maps published by Delatre Paris in 1870 |
10th May 2024, 10:11 PM | #6 |
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some CDV's from the Ottoman Empire around 1860/70
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5th July 2024, 11:19 PM | #7 |
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a few postcards from the DACH region between 1885 - 1913 with halberds:
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