The eldest son of the Sultan of Turkey

A carte-de-visite portrait of the eldest son of Sultan Abdul Aziz of Turkey. The Sultan had six wives, by whom he had 12 children. Of these, ten were still alive at the time of his deposition and death in 1876.

The son in this portrait is Prince Yusuf Izz ud-din Effendi, born at the Dolma Bahche Palace in Constantinople on 11 October 1857. He was nine years old when he visited England as part of his father's retinue in July 1867.

Photographed by William and Daniel Downey of London and Newcastle in July 1867.

Registered at Stationers' Hall on 25 July 1867 as 'Photograph of Prince Youssouf Izzedin Effendi, eldest son of the Sultan of Turkey, in plain clothes, sitting, nearly front face, right hand on knee, left on table' (form completed 25 July 1867; registration stamp 30 July 1867).