Uzbek Prisoner, late 18th–19th century, Opaque watercolor on paper, image: 8 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (22 × cm), Portraits of Uzbek prisoners in yokes appeared in Persian painting as early as the sixteenth century, and the motif continued as a theme into the nineteenth century. Members of an ethnic group from Central Asia, Uzbeks are identified by their style of clothing and weaponry. The inscriptions at either side of the painting mention the travels of the army from place to place., Iranian/Persian, Islamic, Qajar dynasty (1789–1925), Paintings

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