Antique circa 1800 Lithograph ; Turkish Costumes by Bertuch , Military Ottoman

Description: Early 1800s colored lithograph with images of Turks in national costume, from a work published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch ( 1747 - 1822 ) , German publisher and patron of the arts. An original antique print from " Bilderbuch fur Kinder ", published circa 1800. Over 200 years old. Turks in national dress. Figures 2 and 3 show the head cook of the Janissaries and his cooks. Figure 4 shows a sailor and a sea soldier. Figure 5 shows two soldiers dressed according to the Nizam Jedid. 7 1/2" x 9 1/8" Matted ( see the photos ) Mat size 12" x 16" Nice condition. ------ Additional information : The Nizam-i Djedid Army refers to the new military establishment of the Nizam-i Cedid reform program. Active from 1789 to 1807. After losing the Russian - Turkish War of 1787-1792 in 1792 to Austria and Russia , Ottoman Empire Sultan Selim III concluded that Ottoman military was in need of reform if the empire was to survive. As a result, he began implementing a series of reforms aimed at reorganizing the military after the fashion of European militaries. This included the usage of European training tactics, weapons, and even officers. These reforms troubled the Janissaries , who were suspicious and unreceptive towards the reforms. Selim III created the Nizam-i Djedid in 1797 in order to develop a replacement for the Janissaries. By 1806 this new army stood 26,000 men strong, equipped with a French style uniforms, European weapons, and a modern artillery corps. Due to their distinctly modern nature, the army was named Nizam-i Cedid, which has the meaning of 'New Order,' in Ottoman Turkish. When war with the Russian Empire broke out once again, Sultan Selim III hesitated to use his Western drilled army in combat, despite its strong numbers of over 25,000. The old order strongly opposed this age of reform in the Ottoman Empire. In the 1806 Edirne incident Sultan Selim III's efforts to expand the New Order into Thrace were forcibly halted by a coalition of Janissaries and local ayans ; he was deposed in May 1807 during which the soldiers of the New Order were either disbanded or massacred. Selim III was imprisoned by the Janissaries , who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV (reigned 1807–1808). A group of assassins subsequently killed Selim.

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Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

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