Dervish man distributing water in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. He drives a horse laden with waterskins as an act of Muslim charity. Derwiche turc distribuant de l'eau par esprit de charite aux Musulmans de Constantinople. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervais’s Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.

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