A SAKA or Turkish WATER CARRIER (Ottoman - Costume) shops Original

Stipple engraving of A SAKA OR TURKISH WATER CARRIER (Costume - Ottoman Empire)

Hand colored.

Published by W. Miller. London. Engravings dated 1802,

An exquisitely engraved and hand colored image, from Octavian Dalvimart's "The Costume of Turkey" which was first published in 1802.

Each hand-colored plate, drawn from life in 1798 by Octavien Dalvimart and stipple-engraved by John Dadley and William Poole, is accompanied by an explanation of the figure's role, responsibility and details of dress, written by Miller (misattributed by Hiler to William Alexander).

It is a singular thing, that the business of a water carrier should afford a dress so ornamented: but it is, in fact, much less expensive than the furs and robes of superior ranks. Almost all the common people, (for the dress of the Turks is distinctive) have a short jacket, ornamented with gold or silk twist, trousers of shops cloth, which reach and fit close to the middle of the leg, which is in other respects quite bare. They wear red slippers, and have a broad belt round their bodies. Water is constantly carried about the streets both of Pera and Constantinople, and the Sakas carry it in leathern buckets.

Very good condition. An attractive print together with a separate sheet of descriptive text in both English and French.

This BEAUTIFUL colored print provides us a snapshot in history of early study of Turkish costume and culture.

This is an ORIGINAL antique print NOT a reproduction.

Sizes: 35cm x 25.8cm

Condition: Very good

Original prints can have some imperfections due to the age. Please consult the images attentively.

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Frame is not included.

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