[Great Britain] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1876]
Physical Description:
1 print ; 8 x 10 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DR568 .T87 1893 Box Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14579951
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
"Registered at Stationer's Hall."The image is a picture puzzle, depicting a scene from the Bulgarian Horrors (also known as the April Uprising of 1876). It features a figure who is probably a bashi-bazouk, an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army. In his raised hand he holds a curved scimitar. At a quick glance, the soldier's attack appears aimed at a bare tree stump. Upon closer looking, the viewer can discern the faint outline of kneeled figure hunched over the tree stump, presumably a Bulgarian nationalist. The card was probably issued to garner British support for the Bulgarian cause.
Subject Terms:
Eastern question (Balkan) | Massacres -- Bulgaria. | Bashi-Bazouks. | Bulgaria -- History -- Uprising, 1876. | Bulgaria -- History -- 1762–1878. | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288–1918.
