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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 10237896, member: 33&quot;]Hi, the name looks like M C Lyon (or M. C. Lyon) to me, and the prints appear to be copies of earlier images that I found in a book that has been digitized -- I found it in pdf form online.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Military Costume of Turkey</i> (publ. 1818). They are plates 23 and 24 in the book. By comparing yours you can see they are not original. The artist who drew the plates in the book was Octavien d&#039;Alvamart,</p><p>Here is a link to the pdf --</p><p><a href="https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Military-and-Uniforms/The%20military%20costume%20of%20Turkey.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Military-and-Uniforms/The%20military%20costume%20of%20Turkey.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Military-and-Uniforms/The military costume of Turkey.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A seller of the 1818 edition of that book states that d&#039;Alvamart was the artist. Also states that John Clark was the person who &quot;etched in aquatint&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/dalvimart-octavien/military-costume-of-turkey/68199.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/dalvimart-octavien/military-costume-of-turkey/68199.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/dalvimart-octavien/military-costume-of-turkey/68199.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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