[1] Wilkie travelled to the Middle East to paint scenes of the Holy Land.

[2] While in the Ottoman capital he produced his portrait of the young Sultan who had succeeded his father Mahmud II the previous year.

He presents the young Sultan in wearing dress uniform and a fez and the Order of Glory decoration.

After Wilkie's death off Gibraltar during his journey home to Britain the following year, the Queen purchased the portrait.

Today the painting remains in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.