Woman of Mecca, Arabia. In turban with long black veil or burka, over a wimple and veil, low-cut dress, harem pants, necklace and shawl. From an illustration by John Lewis Burckhardt in Travels in Arabia. Arabie, Femme de la Mecque. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Choubard after an illustration by Leopold Massard from Collection de portraits et costumes des differens peuples qui habitent les cinq parties du monde, Armand-Aubree, Paris, 1837.

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