Grand Vezir Kara Mustafa – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Grand Vezir Kara Mustafa, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Grand Vezir Kara Mustafa
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An engraving of Kara Mustafa, the Ottoman grand vizier, it was published as an illustration in Joseph von Hormayr's 1823 history of Vienna, *Wien, seine Geschichte und seine Denkwürdigkeiten*. Kara Mustafa led the Ottoman army that besieged Vienna in 1683, and his defeat at the hands of a combined Polish and Habsburg relief force under Jan III Sobieski ended the Ottoman threat to the city. The sultan had him executed later that year. Because the print is an illustration in a historical work rather than a contemporary portrait, it reflects how Vienna's writers remembered the siege more than a likeness made in 1683.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Joseph Frenherrn von Hormayr, Wien, sein Geschichte und sein Denkwurdigkeiten, Wien, 1823. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,378 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156755 |
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