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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 40. Kayıkcı

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Caikchi batelier.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 40 from an album showing Turkish costume. Kayıkcı, a boatman. Red sleeveless tunic, voluminous white sleeves, yellow kuşak in four folds, wide blue trousers to below the knee.

Compare: 119 Unkiar kaiktchisi tufanalu : rameur des felouques du sultan sultan's felucca rower in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65