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The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
Northeast view of the Erechtheion.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Digging tools, Dogs, Drums, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Horses, James Stuart, Military officers, Musical instruments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Servants, Sheep, Smoking, Women
South view of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae (Panagia stin Petra) in Athens. The figures represent the Vaiwode, or Turkish Governor of Athens, with some of its attendants on a hunting party.
Tags: Africans, Animals, Ardettus Hill, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Hunting, Lycabettus, Monastery of Hagioi Asomatoi (Athens), Mount Parnitha, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Rivers, Roman bridge of Ilissus, Russian church of Athens, Schiste petra, Servants, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens), Voivode of Athens, Weapons
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