A Group of Ottoman Costume Paintings

Watercolour heightened with gold on paper, some with watermarks 'Ruse & Turners 1810' and 'Fellows 1817', 40 full page illustrations, of figures of different professions and nationalities within the Ottoman Empire on a plain background, identification inscriptions in pencil below and on the reverse in English, including 'A Greek', 'Mufti, Head of Religion & Law', 'A Singer', and 'Guard of the Ladies in the Seraglia,' 12 of these within borders, numerated

Estimate:£20,000

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