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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Son of the Sultan

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
[Chab Zadé : fils du grand seigneur, le sultan]

Painting (watercolour). Folio 8 from an album showing Turkish costume. Very young boy, probably the heir to the throne, i.e. the future Selim III (d. 1807). Wearing a kâtibî kavuk with a sorguç in a jewelled holder. Pink and white kaftan with large sleeves.

Compare: 17 Chab Zadé : fils du grand seigneur, le sultan son of the great lord, the sultan in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 03 Fils du Grand Seigneur Son of the Great Lord in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.8
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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