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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. II Folio 59. Tatar Khan
Image source: Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and Costumes turcs by Elisabeth Fraser
Tatarchan, en habit de cérémonie, quand il va à la Porte.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 59 from an album showing Turkish costume. Tatar han, a government courier, in ceremonial costume. Wearing a red kaftan with brown fur collar and edging and a green robe. Flat green hat (tatar kalpaği) with a broad brown fur brim and two stiff aigrettes. Wearing an ornate bowcase, he has a dagger in his gold belt and is holding a scabbarded sword.
British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.59
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez
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