6. Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel
(1729-1800)

Portrait of Ali Bey, King of Egypt

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Nothnagel: Portrait of Ali Bey

Portrait of Ali Bey, King of Egypt

Etching, 1773, 121 x 93 mm., Nagler KL 34. Fine impression on laid paper trimmed on or along the platemark, tipped down. The print includes a title and date in French. Ali Bey (1728-1773) really was King of Egypt. Born in the Caucasus and sold into slavery in Egypt, he somehow became a Mameluke bey, seized the government in 1766 and declared Egypt independent of Turkey.

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