Attendant to the Harem of the Sultan

Attendant to the Harem of the Sultan. She wears a tall hat, yellow robes and slippers, girdle, and staffs. She keeps order in the Seraglio and punishes the Odalisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexander's translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas M'Lean, London, 1814

Attendant Georgian Era Girdle Harem Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Regency Era Seraglio Slave Trade Slippers Tall Hat Thomas Mlean William Alexander

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