A Turk drinking coffee
Watercolour
1843 (Painted)
1843 (Painted)
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| Place of origin |
Sultan Mahmud II, in his attempt to modernize the Ottoman state, discouraged the use of the turban, and in 1826 all of his officials were compelled to wear a fez instead. The Turk shown in this watercolour (probably a senior official) had a fez with an elaborate blue tassell which required careful arrangement. The fez was in turn outlawed by Ataturk in 1925 as part of his modernising reforms.
Object details
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| Title | A Turk drinking coffee |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | A Turk drinking coffee, 1843. Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas, known as Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour of a man in a blue coat, wearing a large tasselled fez, drinking coffee |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Constantinople 15 Janvier 1843
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| Object history | This drawing is part of a group of 34 bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1907. [D.14-1907-D.47-1907]. |
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| Summary | Sultan Mahmud II, in his attempt to modernize the Ottoman state, discouraged the use of the turban, and in 1826 all of his officials were compelled to wear a fez instead. The Turk shown in this watercolour (probably a senior official) had a fez with an elaborate blue tassell which required careful arrangement. The fez was in turn outlawed by Ataturk in 1925 as part of his modernising reforms. |
| Bibliographic reference | Briony Llewellyn & Charles Newton The People and Places of Constantinople. Watercolours by Amadeo, Count Preziosi
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings 1985 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.28-1907 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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