Turkish marriage ceremony in Constantinople (Istanbul). Procession with the new bride riding under a veiled canopy to her husband's home. Accompanied by musicians, drummer and trumpeters, and an imam. Mariage turc a 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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