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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 92. Janissary


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Jannissaire avec un Afitabé.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 92 from an album showing Turkish costume. The Janissary illustrated has a sword in his right hand and a spear in his left. Wearing a red tunic, with sleeves decorated in black, a blue blouse, blue knee breeches, red leg coverings decorated in black, green kuşak with two pistols. His hat has a rounded yellow crown with a green brim which turns up at the end and which has a device similar to the Star of David in the centre. According to the catalogue the inscription in French implies that he is holding a waterpot.

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.92
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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