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Ottoman headwear, indicative of social class, profession and/ or ethnic group.

Headwear of priest in the Ottoman empire.

A Turkish woman of Istanbul in promenade costume. A Turkish woman from the Ottoman provinces in promenade costume.

1. Turkish woman from Istanbul in promenade costume. 2, 3. Greek women of Istanbul in promenade costume.

A Turkish man from Acre (today in Israel). A Muslic woman of the desert, of Arabic ethnicity.

Turkish women of Asia Minor making bread.

Turkish man from Tunis and Turkish man drom Damascus.

Dairy merchant. Greengrocer.

Ottomans enjoying a meal.

View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.

The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.

The Erechtheion from the southwest. In the distance, on the left, a group of Turkish musician who customarily performed on the Acropolis every day at three o'clock in the afternoon.

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 pilgrimage to Mecca.