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

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

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(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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01/01/1873
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Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886, photographer
Launay, Marie de, author
Osman Hamdi Bey, 1842-1910, author
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