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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 112. Kalyoncu or sailor from Girid or Candia (Crete)


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Galongi de Candie.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 112 from an album showing Turkish costume. Kalyoncu or sailor from Girid or Candia (Crete). He is wearing a voluminous white hood over his head and shoulders, blue jacket with gold decoration and long cuffs, broad black kuşak, wide blue trousers to the ankle, white stockings. A sword in its scabbard is tucked into the kuşak. Black flat turban.

Compare:

116 Galiondgi Bournasseilé : enseigne de vaisseau, marin en bournasse ou burnous
naval ensign in burnoose (thick hooded cloak)
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65


Compare:

13 [Galiongee], officier de marine
Kalyonçi, naval officer
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23


British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.112
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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