Turkish street merchant. Ottoman empire.

9/14/13
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Traditional Turkey merchant clothing. Ottoman empire dress. Amedeo Preziosi drawing

Turkish street vendor

Turkish street merchant during the Ottoman empire in 1851.

The drawing by Amadeo Preziosi from 1851 shows a street vendor in Istanbul, Constantinople, with sweets and a hand scale. He is dressed in traditional Turkish caftan to a large turban, shirt and harem pants.

From the book: Stamboul, Recollections of Eastern Life by Amedeo Preziosi. Published by Lemercier Paris 1861

Related gallery:The Costume of Turkey by Octavian Dalvimart. Printed by Howlett and Brimmer. Published in London, 1804.

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