Gate of Felicity (Babussaade) and Third Courtyard in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Inner palace with garden, treasury, harem, library and living quarters. Parade of horses in the Sultan’s honour on the eve of the Bayram. Crowds of people, women slaves, musicians. Porta Felicita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario from his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1842. Copied from Ignace Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau General de l’Empire Othoman, Paris, 1790.

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