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: Rich woman and woman of the people, Cairo, Egypt


Rich woman and woman of the people, Cairo, Egypt

Rich woman and woman of the people, Cairo, Egypt, 19th century. The rich woman has her eyes decorated with khol, wears a wool cap, white chemise, long gold-trimmed yalek (robe) and cashmere or muslin scarf as a belt. The common woman wears a burka and carries an urn on her head. Femme riche et femme du peuple au Caire, Egypte. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium

Picture No
14017127
Media ID
46693846
Size
4410px x 6557px (6.8MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
T.S

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19th Century Archivist Auguste Wahlen Burka Burqa Cashmere Chemise Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Khol Manners Moeurs Muslin North Africa Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving


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