Shoes and footwear (698 Subjects)
Dairy merchant. Greengrocer.
Dinner at Crisso, in the house of the bishop of Salona.
Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pigrimage to Mecca.
Ottoman soldier wearing the uniform established after the reforms of the early 19th century.
“Palikaria”, members of irregular troops of Roumeli, Greece.
A kapetanios from Sparta, Peloponnese.
“Vounisioi” (mountaineers), members of irregular troops of Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia), Bithynia.
Interior of footwear shop at the bazaar of Izmir.
Turkish man from Asia Minor.
Prince from Georgia.
The interior of a coffeshop, Izmir.
Greek musicians and singers.
Turkish man from Yalova.
Man from Crete.
“Palikari”, member of irregular troops.
A captain (general) of the army of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, during the Cretan campaign.
Lyra players from Crete.
Greek dance.
Turkish man smoking his hookah.
A Sudanese eunuch of the Sultan's palace.
“Palikaria” and heads of irregular troops at the temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Muslim woman of Istanbul in promenade costume.
Interpreter of the Sultan's palace.
A servant to the Grand Vizier.
A Spahi, member of the cavalry.
Musician of the imperial palace.
The head of the Ulemas, scholars of Islamic Law and other disciplines.
Kapıcıbaşı, Bashi, head of ceremonies in the Sultan's palace.