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Historical Cultural Figures

Vintage illustrations depicting diverse groups of historical figures in traditional attire, showcasing ethnic clothing, accessories, and cultural practices from various regions.

Luty, Kurdish shepherd, nomadic dervish and Bakhtiari, Iran. Drawing by Jules Laurens (1825-1901) Journey to Persia, 1855-1858 by Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882) Le Tour du Monde 1860

The Sultan of Morocco horseback c1890. Hassan I of Morocco (Fez, 1836 - Tadla 1894) Sultan of Morocco from 1873 to 1894, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

African native kissing the arm of an European settler. Colored engraving of 1887.

Two Dervish penitents performing prayer rituals in a Dervish lodge. One with his hair tied to the ceiling with a cord, and another with band around hands and knees holding prayer beads. Due Dervisch penitenti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Magliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842.

Rentschit Sing, Maharadscha of the Sickhs, Martin Honigberger, from Kronstadt in Transylvania, has been a doctor of the Rentschit Sing,

Hassan I (1836-1894). Sultan of Morocco between 1873 and 1894, member of the Alaouite dynasty. The Sultan receives a dispatch. 19 th century engraving R. Caton Woodville.

Chợ Lớn is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon). It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Ty Market as its central market. Cholon consists of the western half of District 5 as well as several adjoining neighborhoods in District 6. The Vietnamese name Cholon literally means 'big' (lớn) 'market' (chợ). The Chinese name (and original name) of Cholon is 岸 (pronounced Tai-Ngon in Cantonese and Dī'àn in Mandarin, which means 'embankment' (French: quais). The Vietnamese reading of the Chinese name is Đê Ngạn, but this is rarely used. Vietnamese speakers exclusively use the name Chợ Lớn, while Chinese speakers (both inside Vietnam and in China) are the only users of the latter. In 1778, the Hoa (Chinese minority of Vietnam) living in Biên Hòa had to take refuge in what is now Cholon because they were retaliated against by the Ty Sơn forces for their support of the Nguyễn lords. In 1782, they were again massacred by the Ty Sơn and had to rebuild.

Filaret Drozdov and his three sons. Metropolitan of Moscow, the most influential figure in the Russian Orthodox Church, Russia. Old engraving illustra

Kafileh with Camel bearing the Hodejh. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1851. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Clothing and dress , Egypt, Egypt,Social life and customs

High Priest in Amran, Yemen, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

Chinese musicians, China. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Trip to Beijing and North China 1873

Japanische Tradition, Vorstellung eines Neugeborenen im Tempel, 1870, Japan, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrh...

Peasant Balancing a Bread Tray on hisHead. Artist: Unknown

Chinese man using an abacus. From La Nature, Paris, 1886.

Types of girls from regions in China, woman in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date un...

Man playing the baunk, a trumpet-like instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Kleidung, im Mittelalter, französische Kostüme des 11. Jahrhunts, z. T. Gewölbefresken Abteikirche St. Sav Poitou, eigenartige spitze Kegelmützen und ...

Egypt/Syria: 19th-century engraving of the Muslim leader Saladin (c.1138-1193)

Thailand/USA: Chang and Eng, the conjoined twins whose condition and subsequent fame led to the use of the term 'Siamese Twins', lithograph, 1829

Egyptian, Egypt, the pyramids, the Sphinx and Nubian builders, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Baustil I, (1893), Africa

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Chuchkin, Buriätin and Ostiaks of Obdorsk, Russia, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a...

Women from Kurdistan, Kurdish woman, today Turkey, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, ...

Tribe Members in Headdress and Full Costume, Africa

Giving Puja (Pudja) or charity to a Brahmin priest. early 19th Century. ;French; lithograph; By Marlet 1828

Sudanese Slaves. Vintage art lithograph from Pierre Tremaux travel in Northern Africa. 1850s

East Indian vassal prince at the head of his retinue, India, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, around 1890, Record Date Not Stated

Turkmen Wedding, Turkmenistan, Group of woman with camel picking up the bride, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction ...

Mode, Kleidung, Volkstrachten im europäischen Russland, die Kleinrussen, von links, eine Kleinrussin aus Cherson, eine ukrainische Bäuerin, eine alte ...

Egypt. New Kingdom. Pharaoh, wearing the pschent or double crown, with public servants and the High Priest dressed with lion skin. Engraving. Color.

Evening bath. The mudir of Dongola. Evening bath. The mudir of Dongola. From Travel Diaries, vintage engraving, 1884-85. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659772

Woman from Qo qon, Uzbekistan, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, ...

Types of girls from regions in China, woman in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Four photos with portraits, including those of the Motkanse doctor Abd Al-Ghaffar and his son, in Mecca; Bilder-Atlas Zu Mecca, The Hague 1888..

Slave caravan in the Sudan: coup-de-grace being administered to a slave too exhausted to walk any further.

Singhalese Buddhist Priests, Sri Lanka, 1895. Artist: Unknown

An authentic oriental rug is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. By definition - Oriental rugs are rugs that come from the orient. The simple definition of the term would be - rugs that come from (were made in) an Asian Country such as: China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey, Maghreb countries, Cyprus and Iran in the west and the Caucasus in the north to India in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs. Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Arab rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian (Turkmen, Turkoman) rugs, Chinese rugs, Tibetan rugs and Indian rugs.

Barbiergeschäft in Dschidda, Jeddah, Jiddah, Saudi-Arabien, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhunder...

Dress fashion of the king and his retinue in Assyria, 12th-7th century BC from left, high dignitaries with long shirt robes, reigning Assyrian king as priest, simple official with boots, king with bonnet and gold band, then an umbrella bearer and a fan bearer as well as a bow bearer of the king with skirt fringes, digitally improved reproduction of a 19th century illustration

Christian inhabitants of Chios, Greece, historical illustration, about 1886, Europe

Two people in Persia described as black slaves: a man wearing a turban with a staff in his hand, and a woman carrying a tea tray with a jug and cups. Engraving after C. de Bruyn.

Abyssinia, Local peasants smoking a pipe and playing a musical instrument, 1869, Ethiopia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19...

Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils. It was a move to modernisation and more Western thought away from heavy Orientalism. Here the old and the new meet, as a young lady greets an elderly Turkish man in Constantinople. Date: 1920s

A white man, judge or policeman, holds a gun to an Indian's head while others retrieve the money bags buried in the ground, 1850, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Germany/Malaysia/Singapore: left to right, Babas (Peranakan) from the Straits Settlements, a shoemaker of Singapore, Munchner Bilderbogen, Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890

China - colporteur offering bible to Cantonese

Fashion, historical costumes, clothing of the hill tribes from the Caucasus, illustration, Caucasus

Clothes, historical fashion in Japan, pilgrims and priests, illustration, Japan, Asia

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old vintage photo of Interior of walkeshwar temple Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAjayxGoyal/DinodiaxPhotox

Samaritans of Nablus in West Bank, Israel, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, nomads of Amur, traditional costumes from Asian Russia, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Ethiopian monks : on the left, a Coptic monk ; the other is simply labelled Ethiopian monk. Date: 1836

Armenian Ladies (At Home). Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889. W. Endicott & Co.. Prints, Portraits. 1862. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Turkey , Social life and customs, Upper class women, Servants , Armenia, Royal houses, Armenians , Clothing & dress

Germany/Malaysia/Singapore: 'Klings or Telingas' (People from the Indian Subcontinent in Malaysia and Singapore, Malay keling, now considered derogatory), Munchner Bilderbogen, Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890

Guru Singh and Baba Nanak, founder of Sikh religion, and after an oriental painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

The Pashtun people are an ethnic group with populations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, mainly in and around the tribal areas between the two countries. The Pashtun people are generally classified as Eastern Iranian who use Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali, which is a traditional set of ethics guiding individual and communal conduct. Their origin is unclear but historians have come across references to various ancient peoples called Pakthas (Pactyans) between the 2nd and the 1st millennium BCE, who may be the early ancestors of the Pashtun people. Often characterised as a warrior and martial race, their history is mostly spread amongst various countries of South and Central Asia, centred on their traditional seat of power in medieval Afghanistan.

'Studies of Syrian Peasant Women', 1902. Creator: John Fulleylove.

Japan in the late Middle Ages, Women's tea party, Illustration from 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Tracht der Frauen in Turkmenistan um 1880, aus der Gegend von Krasnowodsk, heute Türkmenbasy, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904140

Shadjbeh water well, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Japan/Ryukyu Islands: 'Priest and Gentleman of Loo Choo', from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818

Mehemet Ali, Ibrahim Pacha, Soliman Pacha (Seve) et leur suite. Montant a la citadelle du Caire.. Prints. 1841. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Egypt, Mosques , Egypt , Cairo, Pyramids , Egypt, Cairo (Egypt), Citadel (Cairo, Egypt), Clothing & dress , Egypt , Cairo, Horses , Egypt , Cairo, Muhammad 'Alî Bsh, Governor of Egypt, 1769-1849, Parades & processions , Egypt , Cairo, Sèves, Octave Joseph Anthelme, 1787-1860

Carpet weaving in the Orient / Teppichknüpferei im Orient, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Women, Siamese women sharing a meal, Women in the 19th century, Thailand, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Asia

The caption here reads: The whole loaf is for thee, and Beardless is to get nothing. The tale: A man sent his son to grind his corn, but not in a mill with a Beardless man. But, at every mill was a Beardless man (a trickster). The boy grinds the corn at next mill. Trickster proposes making one loaf of bread and whoever tells greatest lie has the loaf. The boy finishes his saying words in a book told him to take the bread. The Beardless was speechless (as seen here - Beardless is seated).

When Ataturk came to power and established the Republic, he felt it essential for the veil to be abolished in a modern society. He said in a speech that the only reason Turkish women wore the veil, was because it was well known they were the ugliest women in the world and overnight the veil disappeared from Turkey!!! Date: circa 1910

Mahomedan Lady presenting her Lord with a Rose India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Studio portrait of three unknown Tamil priests, Sri Lanka, Charles T. Scowen & Co. (possibly), 1876 - 1893 photograph Sri Lanka paper albumen print priest ~ non-Christian religions. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Sri Lanka

G-50 Pueblo Indian woman at her adobe bake-oven , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Hair costumes in ancient Egypt, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Former dignitaries of Abdülhamid II harnessed to a cart. unknown, graphic artist

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Regional Types in traditional costume - set in montage around a view of the Mostar Bridge (Stari Most). circa 1910s

David Livingstone reading the Bible to the natives in the Rwanda-Urundi region, Africa 19th Century.

Chinese merchants in Amboina Indonesia from Journey of corvette Astrolabe by Dumont d'Urville 1826

Shanghai, a funeral in China, c. 1906, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, man is trapped and imprisoned in a large barrel, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Queen Supayalat and King Thibaw Min, Burma, historical illustration, circa 1886

Postcard with slow passing slogans and a banner for characters; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);gift (provenance), occasional prints, postcards, Islamic art, Turkish art

Variety of Indian Ceremonial Garb #3, World Fashion - Racinet

Feast of the four Princes 1904, by Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918), Russian, Georgian primitivist painter, who posthumously rose to prominence.

Traditional Bedouin Costume, World Fashion - Racinet

Mahratta Horseman, India

Variety of Indian Ceremonial Garb #2, World Fashion - Racinet

Picture series Anam, Land and People, Vietnam, religious meal of an Anamite family, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown, Asia

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