Harem Collection (#2)

Egyptian Lady of the Turkish Harem
Egyptian lady of the Turkish Harem, smoking a Hookah Pipe and reclining on a armchair. The true historical nature of the Turkish/Eastern/Ottoman Harem was the housing of the women

Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915

Arab Dancing Girl
An Arabic woman dances with a veil

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Algiers, Algeria, North Africa
An exotic girl sits on an open terrace in Algiers, Algeria. View of the harbour and city looking out into the Mediterranean Sea Date: 1904

Nude Blond & Sheik
Symbolic or pornographic? Two white doves hover above a blonde wearing only a string of pearls & high heel mules while flirting with a sheik who might want her for his harem. Date: circa 1950

The Head Eunuch of the Harem at the Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, Turkey

Mazagan (El Jadida), Morocco
The Harem of a Moorish Minister embarking at Mazagan. The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca

Harem Pants 1910
Exotic eastern style: high waisted Turkish trousers / harem pants, decollete blouse, bolero, fish-net stockings, Louis heel shoes & a turban with aigrette

The Harem Skirt
Daring fashions for women in " The Sphere" magazine, 1927. The accompanying text scathingly declares that the Harem Skirt is " what we hope it will never be"

Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. Great Hall
Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. 15th century. Great Hall. Sultan rooms in the Harem

Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. Courtyard of the Harem
Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. 15th century. Courtyard of the Harem. Detail

Syria. Harem. City and fortress
Syria. Harem. View of the city. First, Ayyubid fortress ruins, built in the 12th century

Incense, Cinnamon, Myrrh
Orientalism: depiction of the influece of all things eastern upon western fashions including harem pants or Turkish trousers & turbans. N.B lampshade tunic. Date: 1914

Racial / Africa / Egypt 1907
A mother and her daughter in the harem Date: 1907

Racial / Turkey / Harem
Ladies of the Harem out walking, Turkey Date: 1920s

Israel / Jaffa Serail 1905
Jaffa: the Serail (harem) Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, WW1
Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, showing a German soldier struggling with two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918

Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, WW1
Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, showing a French soldier being charming towards two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918

Racial / Egypt / Harem Women
Ladies of the harem out walking in the street

I ve Seen The Arem by Arthur Branscombe
Promotional postcard for Ive Seen The Arem musical farce burlesque by Arthur Branscombe; music F. Osmond Carr. First produced at the Empress Theatre, Brixton, 3rd August 1914

Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916

Mlle de Caillavet at Persian ball, 1912
Mlle. de Caillavet, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Arnault as Menzaroff in Les Cosaques at the Theatre de la Gaite.. The Cossacks was a five act drama by Alphonse Arnault and Louis Judicis

Egyptian riders wearing turbans, women and girl in burqa.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Suffragette, Votes for Women, Breeches. Suffragette with Votes for Women paper needs to address the issue of dress reform so she can Just draw a pair of breeches

Dancing in Harem
Women dancing in a harem. Date: 1836

Moroccan Window
Plants on the cool window sill of a dark room in Morocco, North Africa, a shady escape from the scorching sun outside. Date: 1930s

Azm (Azim) Palace, Dam - Interior Courtyard - Harem wing
Azm (Azim) Palace, Damascus - The Courtyard of the Harem - Damascene architecture - Interior Courtyard of a Grand House, Damascus, Syria with view of the Harem - the family wing

Harem, Selimiye, Summer Palace at Tarabya, Pera Palace Hotel Date: 1898

One of the Sultans Concubines from the Harem - Turkey
One of the Sultans Concubines (an Odalisque) from the Harem - Turkey. Date: circa 1907

Quay at Harem, Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1895

Gentleman not at all aghast about the Harem Skirt
" Everyone is up " in arms" against the harem skirt" ! This very contented Gentleman certainly is, although not in the way one may initially read! Date: 1912

Exotic Turkish Dancer in Egypt Date: circa 1908

High level Dancers - Egyptian Harem - Almeh
Almeh - a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt, women educated to sing and recite classical poetry and to discourse wittily. Date: circa 1907

Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
The name Ciragan comes from the word " cerag" which means torch in Persian. The area in which the Palace is located was called Ceragan because of the famous Ottoman parties which were held

Girl in the Harem
A Harem girl reclines on some patterned cushions. She wears a long red skirt, small red cap and looks upward smiling. Toward her feet is a large Hookah pipe

The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i. e. Bakhchysara?), Ukraine
The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i.e. Bakhchysarai), Ukraine. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. The harem, Bachtschi-Ssarai, (i.e. Bakhchysara?), Ukraine. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The harem girl

Harem trousers replace the hobble skirt
From fetters to freedom: the hygienic harem replaces the horrible hobble skirt. Four radical designs from New York and Paris

Exotic Turkish Woman of the Harem Date: circa 1904

The harem skirt, the scare m skirt, the harum-scarum skirt
A satirical look at womens fashion in 1911. Date: January 1911

Egyptian Woman in a loose robe with fine necklaces and standing with her hand on a large broken-topped amphora (possibly deliberately so?). Date: 1901

Lady in Harem pants draws amazed reactions
A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman

Capi Aga, Chief of the White Eunuchs
The Capi Aga, the Governor of the Gates of the Seraglio and Chief of the White Eunuchs. He is wearing a high white turban and crimson fur-trimmed robes. He has no beard. 1803

Flying out another girl for the Harem
Hand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s

Turkish Trousers 1911
A daring young lady wears the fashionable yet scandalous harem pants or Turkish trousers with a sleeveless bolero & turban or toque. 1911

Billowing Skirt 1925
" Keep Your Skirts Down Mary Ann". Mary Ann attempts to hold down a billowing saucer shaped skirt that she wears over several striped under- skirts & a pair of harem pants Date: 1925

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