[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Surı̈yè (Syria), Ottoman Empire]

(1): Peasant woman from the environs of Damas (Damascus); (2): Druze woman from the environs of Damas (Damascus); and (3) married woman of Damas (Damascus).

French caption from book: Syrie: Figure 1: Femme fellah des environs de Damas; Figure 2: Femme Druse des environs de Damas; Figure 3: Dame de Damas.

Caption also in Ottoman Turkish.

Part III, plate XXXIII.

Illus. in: Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 / Hamdy bey ... et Marie de Launay ... phototypie de Sébah. Part III, plate XXXIII (opposite p. 278).

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