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

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

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Summary

(1) Wealthy Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); (2) Married Albanian woman of Yanı̈a (Yanya); and (3) Albanian child of a wealthy family.

French caption: Yania: Figure 1: Riche Arnaout de Yanı̈a; Figure 2: Dame Arnaout de Yanı̈a; Figure 3: Enfant Arnaout de famille riche.
Caption also in Ottoman Turkish.
Part I, plate XVIII.
Illus. in: Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 / Hamdy bey ... et Marie de Launay ... phototypie de Sébah. Part I, plate XVIII (opposite p. 74).

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Date

01/01/1873

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Contributors

Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886, photographer

Osman Hamdi Bey, 1842-1910, author

Launay, Marie de, author

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Location

Kastellocampos, 38.27700, 21.74900

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Library of Congress

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