Spanish Serenade. Spanish guitar player, musician and singer. Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria
Category: 19th Century
Bullfighting Torero. Corridas de Toros en España.
In Spanish bullfighting, the corrida (“race”), the bullfighter is called torero (from toro = “bull”).
Espagnol corrida de toros. Spanish bullfighting.
The bullfight takes place in a bullring (Plaza de Toros), which usually serves this purpose exclusively.
Women of Malta in traditional costumes, by Amadeo Preziosi 1851.
Women of Malta in traditional costumes. Time of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing by Amadeo Preziosi 1851.
Albanian soldier in fustanella during Ottoman Empire.
Albania, soldier, Ottoman Empire,
Albanian Turk soldier with gun and sword. Ottoman empire military.
Albania, turk, soldier, Amedeo Preziosi, Ottoman empire, military, history,
Albanian woman at Stamboul. Recollections of Eastern Life.
Albanian woman at Stamboul, Recollections of Eastern Life by Amedeo Preziosi.
Men of Sparta in traditional Greece costumes, 19th century.
Men of Sparta in traditional Greece costumes, 19th century.
Arabian men from the desert. Ottoman Empire 19th c.
Men from the Arabian desert. Stamboul, Recollections of Eastern Life by Amedeo Preziosi.
Armenian Hamal. A porter or bearer in the Ottoman Empire.
Hammal, ḥammāl in Arabic, was the name given to the occupation of carrier. The Hammal had their own organization, a kind of early union.