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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 126. Sipahi, a cavalryman
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Spahi.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 126 from an album showing Turkish costume. Sipahi, a cavalryman. Orange cloak and red kuşak with two pistols stuck in it. Holding a spear in his right hand and a sword in its scabbard in the left. Wide blue ankle-length trousers and a broad white turban wound around a thick blue cap.
British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.126
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez
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