Saka or Turkish water carrier

Saka or Turkish water carrier of Pera, Constantinople. He wears a large turban, short jacket decorated with gold or silk twist, loose trousers and red slippers. 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

Georgian Era Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Pera Regency Era Saka Short Jacket Thomas Mlean William Alexander

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