Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Smith, active 1763–1779, British
Title:
The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (49.8 x 67.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1993.30.29
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
historical subject | pitcher | pockets | pillows | coat | robes | fez | tricorne | headdress | stockings | shawls | hats | brocade | breeches | windows | audience | ambassador | beards | meeting
Currently On View:
On view
Exhibition History:
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)

Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
Publications:
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p. 24, V 2576 (YCBA)

Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 15, V1880
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1416