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Burka Collection

Background imageBurka Collection: Proclamation, Baghdad, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Proclamation, Baghdad, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Proclamation, Baghdad, 1917. A crowd of men and women in Baghdad, Iraq, after the conquering of the city by the British Army in March 1917 during World War I.

Background imageBurka Collection: Middle East Costumes, Egypt, May 14, 1878. Creator: Lockwood de Forest

Middle East Costumes, Egypt, May 14, 1878. Creator: Lockwood de Forest
Middle East Costumes, Egypt, May 14, 1878

Background imageBurka Collection: Traveling Tartar Family, Near Yalta, Crimea, August 15, 1837, 1840. Creator: Auguste Raffet

Traveling Tartar Family, Near Yalta, Crimea, August 15, 1837, 1840. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Traveling Tartar Family, Near Yalta, Crimea, August 15, 1837, 1840

Background imageBurka Collection: Tartar Women at the Baïdar, Crimea, August 26, 1837, 1842. Creator: Auguste Raffet

Tartar Women at the Baïdar, Crimea, August 26, 1837, 1842. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Tartar Women at the Baidar, Crimea, August 26, 1837, 1842

Background imageBurka Collection: Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915

Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imageBurka Collection: Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915

Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imageBurka Collection: 'A Departure from Palmyra', by Carl Haag, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters... 1862

"A Departure from Palmyra", by Carl Haag, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters... 1862
"A Departure from Palmyra", by Carl Haag, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1862. We have rarely seen a drawing so small as that we have engraved so full of

Background imageBurka Collection: Young woman wearing chador, ca 1844-1850. Creator: Anonymous

Young woman wearing chador, ca 1844-1850. Creator: Anonymous
Young woman wearing chador, ca 1844-1850. Private Collection

Background imageBurka Collection: Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Creator: James Atkinson

Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Creator: James Atkinson
Kabul Types, 1840s, (1901). Portraits of people in the capital of Afghanistan: a woman donning a burqa before going out (top left), An Afghan Sirdar, (a term denoting a prince or noblemen)

Background imageBurka Collection: Street scene with passers-by including a poor black African woman and child, pub

Street scene with passers-by including a poor black African woman and child, pub
Street scene with passers-by including a poor black African woman and child, slave or freed slave, from Stamboul, Souvenir de l Orient, published 1865 (colour litho)

Background imageBurka Collection: From Algiers Harbor

From Algiers Harbor. Private Collection

Background imageBurka Collection: The Handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo, 1876. Artist: Makovsky

The Handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo, 1876. Artist: Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (1839-1915)
The Handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo, 1876. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imageBurka Collection: On the Street of Cairo, 1873. Artist: Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (1839-1915)

On the Street of Cairo, 1873. Artist: Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (1839-1915)
On the Street of Cairo, 1873. Found in the collection of the Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, Voronezh

Background imageBurka Collection: The Liberation of Muslim Women. Burning the Veil, 1928. Artist: Kravchenko

The Liberation of Muslim Women. Burning the Veil, 1928. Artist: Kravchenko, Alexei Ilyich (1889-1940)
The Liberation of Muslim Women. Burning the Veil, 1928. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: Courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque and University, Cairo, 1928

Courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque and University, Cairo, 1928. Artist: Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)
Courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque and University, Cairo, 1928. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: Street sale in Central Asia, 1902. Artist: Sommer, Richard Karl (1866-1939)

Street sale in Central Asia, 1902. Artist: Sommer, Richard Karl (1866-1939)
Street sale in Central Asia, 1902. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: A market scene in Constantinople, with the Hagia Sophia beyond, 1860. Artist: Aivazovsky

A market scene in Constantinople, with the Hagia Sophia beyond, 1860. Artist: Aivazovsky
A market scene in Constantinople, with the Hagia Sophia beyond, 1860. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: Bazaar in Constantinople. Artist: Khlebovsky, Stanislav (1835-1884)

Bazaar in Constantinople. Artist: Khlebovsky, Stanislav (1835-1884)
Bazaar in Constantinople. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: The Silk Bazaar. Artist: Preziosi, Amedeo (1816-1882)

The Silk Bazaar. Artist: Preziosi, Amedeo (1816-1882)
The Silk Bazaar. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Background imageBurka Collection: The Grand Bazaar. Artist: Preziosi, Amedeo (1816-1882)

The Grand Bazaar. Artist: Preziosi, Amedeo (1816-1882)
The Grand Bazaar. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Background imageBurka Collection: Bazaar, 1914. Artist: Macke, August (1887-1914)

Bazaar, 1914. Artist: Macke, August (1887-1914)
Bazaar, 1914. From a private collection

Background imageBurka Collection: The Mosque, 1881. Artist: Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)

The Mosque, 1881. Artist: Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)
The Mosque, 1881. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Background imageBurka Collection: The Street, Second Half of the 19th cen Artist: Brest, Germain Fabius (1823-1900)

The Street, Second Half of the 19th cen Artist: Brest, Germain Fabius (1823-1900)
The Street, Second Half of the 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Background imageBurka Collection: A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca 1760. Artist: Smith, Francis (active 1763-1780)

A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca 1760. Artist: Smith, Francis (active 1763-1780)
A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca 1760. From a private collection


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