Turban Collection

Taking tea in the Harem. Creator: Ernst, Rudolf (1854-1932)
Taking tea in the Harem. Private Collection

Girl with a Pearl Earring, c1665. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring, c1665. The girls headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century

The Prince of Wales with the Maharajah of Gwalior during his Indian tour, 1921. The future King Edward VIII and his host ride in the howdah of a decorated elephant

Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480. Creator: Bihzad
Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480

Jahangir and his Father, Akbar, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca.1540-50

William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress, ca. 1852-53. Creator
William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress, ca. 1852-53

Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume. Creator: British Painter (ca. 1840-45)
Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume

The Nizam of Hyderabad, c1911, (c1920). Creator: Bourne & Shepherd
The Nizam of Hyderabad, c1911, (c1920). Portrait of Asaf Jah VII (1886-1967), the last Nizam (ruler) of the princely state of Hyderabad in India

A Tailor, c1920s. Creator: Mortimer L Menpes
A Tailor, c1920s. Indian man with beard and turban, sewing with needle and thread. From " India" by Flora A. Steel. [A. & C. Black, Ltd, London, c1920s]

Of the Imperial Cadet Corps, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Of the Imperial Cadet Corps, 1903. From The Durbar, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903]

Indian cavalrymen, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Indian cavalrymen, 1896. Guides Cavalry (Queens Own) of the North West Frontier; the Central India Horse; the 1st Bengal Cavalry (the famous 1st Irregulars)

Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Iran, first quarter 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Iran, first quarter 17th century

New Lamps for Old, 1901. Creator: Joseph Edward Southall
New Lamps for Old (in frame), 1901. The subject is taken from story of Aladdin in the One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)

Head and shoulders of a Turk, with a moustache and a large turban, 1645

Costume design for the ballet Scheharazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Private Collection

The dancer. Found in the Collection of Collection Perez Simon, Mexico

Nunc Dimittis, 1505. Creator: Giovanni Bellini
Nunc Dimittis, 1505.

Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay, 1658. Creator: Michiel Sweerts
Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay, 1658. The large area of blue cloak is contrasted with the pale yellow of the turban, the immaculate white of the shirt and the red of some of the flowers

Turk's head, 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Turk's head, 1645. A solemn, wealthy and well-dressed middle aged Turk, presumably a merchant, with an immaculate moustache.

The scales, 1921. Creator: Ernest Stephen Lumsden
The scales, 1921.

Man Wearing A Turban And Leaning On A Book, 1760. Creator: Thomas Frye
Man Wearing A Turban And Leaning On A Book, 1760.

King Emperor's Hunt in India, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King Emperor's Hunt in India, 1911. Shows George V of England, who traveled to India in December 1911 to be installed as King-Emperor of India, on a hunting trip in Nepal, December 1911.

Persia - Mohmammedan priests, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Persia - Mohmammedan priests, between c1910 and c1915.

The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. 'When some four miles of cable had been paid out

Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the first stone of the Lucknow Memorial, [Lucknow, India], 1864. Engraving of a photograph, of '...the scene on Saturday, the 2nd of January

Miss Bateman as Leah, at the Adelphi Theatre, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Miss Bateman as Leah, at the Adelphi Theatre, 1864. 'We have engraved the Portrait of Miss Bateman, in her well- known character of Leah

Two-storied third-class carriage on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Two-storied third-class carriage on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, 1864. [This type of carriage] '...was first tried in the early part of the year 1862

The Rajah of Kapoorthalla, Knight of the Order of the Star of India, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Rajah of Kapoorthalla, Knight of the Order of the Star of India, 1864. The Rajah Randhir Singh, of Kapoorthalla, is one of the Princes of the Punjaub whom Sir John Lawrence

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

A Pictorial: the Last Syllables, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Last Syllables, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. The group consists of the district Superintendent, two Inspectors, a head constable, a constable, and a sowar

Prisoners, Zossen, Germ. [i.e. Germany], between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Prisoners, Zossen, Germ. [i.e. Germany], between 1914 and c1915. Prisoners, including Muslims, at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wu¨nsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I

Ambassador of the Mogol, 1748. Creator: Vien, Joseph Marie (1716-1809)
Ambassador of the Mogol, 1748. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Sultans pure, 1748. Creator: Vien, Joseph Marie (1716-1809)
Sultans pure, 1748. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

The Fountain of Bahçesaray, 1901. Creator: Graafland, Robert (1875-1940)
The Fountain of Bahcesaray, 1901. Private Collection

A party of Wuzurees crossing the Indus on water-jars, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A party of Wuzurees crossing the Indus on water-jars, 1864. The readiness shown by the natives of India in making the most of the means at their disposal is quite a national characteristic

Indian rebel, Zahoor-ool-Hoosein, recently captured, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Indian rebel, Zahoor-ool-Hoosein, recently captured, 1862. Engraving from a photograph...taken at Poona by Lieutenant-Colonel I. D

Sketches from Mexico: Banuelos José de Jesús, the famous Mexican brigand chief, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from Mexico: Banuelos Jose de Jesus, the famous Mexican brigand chief, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Beauce, ...a portrait of Banuelos Jose de Jesus

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: the alarm, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: the alarm, 1864. Engraving of a photograph...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford the utmost sport

Ganges pilgrims passing a ghaut, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ganges pilgrims passing a ghaut, [India], 1864. The road between Allahabad and Benares is literally crowded with pilgrims to the sacred river...They are coming from, or going to

Self-portrait with turban. Creator: Vaillant, Wallerant (1623-1677)
Self-portrait with turban. Found in the Collection of the Galerie Canesso

Selfportrait, c1720. Creator: Martin van Meytens
Selfportrait, c1720

Study of heads with turbans. Creator: Jacob Symonsz. Pynas
Study of heads with turbans

Man in a turban, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon
Man in a turban, c.1675-c.1725. Man wearing a purple-white striped kaftan, with a sash around his waist

Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul, 1661. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul, 1661. Here, Rembrandt is about 55. In this portrait he represents St Paul, the apostle, identified by his usual attributes: a manuscript and a sword

Bathing in an Oriental Harbour, 1584-1625. Creator: Pieter Isaacsz
Bathing in an Oriental Harbour, 1584-1625

Miss Kervin, portrait photograph, 1918 June. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Kervin, portrait photograph, 1918 June

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Dame de la Cour, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Dame de la Cour, between c1678 and c1693

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