Female slaves in a Turkish harem flee from a fire
Female odalisques or slaves in a Turkish harem flee from a fire. Women in long veils run from smoke and flame. Seraglio guards and eunuchs in turbans hold open curtains. The palace had been bombarded by the English navy under Admiral Bowsprit. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford
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