Bayezid II, Ottoman Emperor Size:S: 60 x 45cm with citizens disporting themselves on

with citizens disporting themselves on hobby horses on the banks

Demolition work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge

Section of the caves at Oreston

The similarity to the 'Bullnose' is clearly visible

Passing through the town of Persiceto

Bayezid II, Ottoman Emperor Size:S: 60 x 45cm with citizens disporting themselves onBayezid II, Ottoman Emperor, (1808). Called 'Aldi' (the Just), Bayezid (c1447 1512) was Sultan from 1481 1512. His reign saw a policy of territiorial expansion, fighting wars against the Safavid Persians, the Mamluks in Egypt and the Venetians in the Peloponnese. From A series of Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1808.