Musicians (97 Subjects)
“Pano-kato” dance.
A musician and a woman dancer of the Harem. The lady responsible for keeping order in the Harem.
Musician of the Imperial Palace. Confectioner of the Sultan's court (Halvaci).
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 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 pilgrimage to Mecca.
The interior of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina island.
Greek musicians and singers.
Lyra players from Crete.
Musician of the imperial palace.
Women of the Sultan's harem on their promenade, chaperoned by Kislar Aga, head of the eunuchs of the Imperial Palace.
Muslim wedding in the Ottoman Empire: The giving away of the bride.
Valide Dam at Belgrade Forest, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.
Leisure scene on Aegina island. In the background, the temple of Aphaia.
Ottoman (Muslim) funeral. Ottoman (Muslim) wedding. In the distance, the field of Büyükdere on the European shore of the Bosporus.
The temple of Hephaestus, Athens.
Theatre production at Hanoi (today in Vietnam) in the presence of the king of Tonkin and his court.
Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.
Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.
The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt , enters in Cairo.
Celebration at the streets of Visapur, India, for the wedding of the daughter of the local governor.
A woman is thrown into her husband's funeral pyre, India.
Frontispiece. Dance scene before the altar of goddess Artemis.
Dance scenes from ancient Greek vases and reliefs 6. Greek dancer from Epirus in traditional costume (from the edition by J. H. Hobhouse, 1813).
Dance scenes from ancient Greek vases and reliefs
Dance in Greece.
A Greek musician.
Greek Easter festival in the Troad.
Leisure scene, probably at the Sweet Waters of Europe at Istanbul.
Wedding procession in Athens. In the foreground, the groom accompanied by two friends. In the background the bride, with her gaze lowered.