Murad IV, Ottoman Emperor Size:S: 30 x 25cm is left in no doubt

is left in no doubt of the fate of Peking should it renege again on the terms of the Treaty of Tientsin

France carrying a sheep

Plate 3 from the publication Icones piscium

and most probably a female'

This painting forms part of plate 3 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula

Murad IV, Ottoman Emperor Size:S: 30 x 25cm is left in no doubtMurad IV, Ottoman Emperor, (1808). Murad (1612 1640) became Sultan in 1623 when he deposed his mentally unstable uncle, Mustapha I. He used decisive and brutal methods to quell the rebellions and corruption that had become endemic within the empire. The last Ottoman Emperor to personally command his army in battle, Murad captured Baghdad from the Safavid Persians in 1638. From A series of Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1808.