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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 95. Karakullukçu


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Caracoludgi
Painting (watercolour). Folio 95 from an album showing Turkish costume. Karakullukça, an orderly or servant of the Janissaries. Wearing a red tunic with a black design, over a white blouse, a broad brown belt with a metal fastener, wide blue knee breeches and a very large brown turban would in wide folds round a red cap.

Compare:

100 Jenisseri karakouloukchi : bas officier des janissaires
junior officer of the janissaries
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare:

47 Karakouloutchi, marmiton des Janissaires
Karakollukçu, chef's assistant of the Janissaries
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.95
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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