Two Janissaries in ceremonial dress

Two Janissaries or Ottoman infantry in ceremonial dress. One wears a felt hat with a long square tail, cloak and tunic with two daggers in his gold girdle. The other has a felt hat, jacket with epaulettes, loose pants and carries a whip. 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

Ceremonial Dress Daggers Epaulettes Felt Hat Georgian Era Girdle Janissaries Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Regency Era Thomas Mlean William Alexander

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