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[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yania (Yanya), Ottoman Empire] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yania (Yanya), Ottoman Empire], [1873] — historic print
[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yania (Yanya), Ottoman Empire], [1873]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Three women stand side by side on a single plate, each labeled for a different corner of the Ottoman Empire: a Vlach woman from Yania (Ioannina), a Christian woman from Preveza, and a peasant woman from the countryside around Trikala. The photogravure reproduces a studio photograph by the Istanbul firm of Sébah and appeared in *Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873*, a costume survey compiled by Hamdy Bey and Marie de Launay. Its caption also appears in Ottoman Turkish, which reflects the book's aim of presenting regional dress to both European and Ottoman readers. The plates record clothing and ornament as they were worn in the 1870s, making them useful evidence of the empire's varied communities.

Created / published[1873]
Medium1 photomechanical print : photogravure.
GenreBook illustrations 1870-1880.Group portraits 1870-1880.Portrait prints 1870-1880.Photogravures 1870-1880.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. French caption: Yania: Figure 1: Femme Valaque de Yania; Figure 2: Chrétienne de Prèvèza; Figure 3: Paysanne des environs de Tirhala. Caption also in Ottoman Turkish. Part I, plate XX. Illus. in: Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 / Hamdy bey ... et Marie de Launay ... phototypie de Sébah. Part I, plate XX (opposite p. 78).
SubjectsChristians--Clothing & dress--Greece--Preveza--1870-1880. Aromanians--Clothing & dress--Greece--1870-1880. Women--Clothing & dress--Greece--1870-1880. Peasants----Greece--Trikala--1870-1880. Clothing & dress--Greece--1870-1880. Clothing & dress--Greece--Preveza--1870-1880. Clothing & dress--Greece--Trikala--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,048 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-224931

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