Turkish street merchant. Ottoman empire.

9/14/13
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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.

Source: Stamboul, Recollections of Eastern Life by Amedeo Preziosi. Published by Lemercier Paris 1861.

Illustration, damasks, ornament
The costume of Turkey. Ottoman Empire. Officials and ethnic groups.

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