Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples. SBIRRI, from Ital. sbirri, an archer, a name given to a class of armed police in Italy, resembling the French gens’d’armes in every thing… Read More
Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples 19th century.
Category: 19th Century
Costume bernois 19ème siècle. Bernese Switzerland 19th c.
Bernese Costume 19th century. Traditional Swiss costume. Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria
Costume Arabe. Saracen with sword, 18th century.
Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria. Costume Arabe. Saracen 18th century.
The Sinhalese dress in a sarong, which is formed of a long piece of cloth.
The Sinhalese men dress in a comboy (sarong or amude), which is formed of a long piece of cloth, sewn together at the two ends.
Native Servants of Mumbai.
Typical pictures of Indian Natives. By F. M. Coleman
The Arab horse dealers in India.
Arab horse dealers in India. In like manner to the Cabulis, the Arabs in India are mainly dealers in horses. In Bombay especially numbers of these men are to be… Read More
The Bhisti. Indian Native 19th century
The Bhisti A very useful man is the Bhisti, and, relatively speaking, a hard-working individual. He carries upon his hip the entire skin of a goat, the body and legs… Read More
A Bombay (Mumbai) merchant. The Persians in India.
Many Persian families who have settled permanently in India and to some extent have adopted the dress of their new compatriots.
Greek woman of the 19th century. Femme Grecque.
Femme Grecque. Modes et Costumes Historiques par Xavier Willemin.
A Jewish priest from Bagdad. The Sassoon family in India.
There are a considerable number of Jews in Bombay, and the richest family in all India, The Sassoon, are Bagdad Jews.