Original antique steel engraving with four figures of the Ottoman navy, named at the foot in French and Spanish: a vice-admiral (Kapitana-Bei), a ship's captain (Kapoudan, circa 1788), a naval officer (Mulazim) and a seaman (Levend), with a warship and a shore battery behind. Drawn by Ch. Lalaisse and engraved by Monnin.
Original antique steel engraving with four figures of the Ottoman navy, named at the foot in French and Spanish: a vice-admiral (Kapitana-Bei), a ship's captain (Kapoudan, circa 1788), a naval officer (Mulazim) and a seaman (Levend), with a warship and a shore battery behind. Drawn by Ch. Lalaisse and engraved by Monnin.
From a 19th-century French illustrated historical encyclopedia in its Spanish edition: the captions run in both languages and the printing was carried out under the direction of the engraver Lemaître.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Charles Lalaisse.
Engraver: Monnin, under the direction of Lemaître.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 in (20.5 x 13.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Scattered oxidation spots (foxing) through the margins, some of it within the border.