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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 46. Oda Eskisi


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Eunuque, portier du Harem.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 46 from an album showing Turkish costume. Oda Eskisi, a senior servant (eunuch) of the Harem. Wearing a dark green kaftan, its ends tucked into his broad orange belt to which a dagger is attached by a cord. Wide red trousers to below the knees. Tall white turban, narrowing and divided at the top, with a red brim. Holding a staff.

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.46
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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