Circassian Collection

Military / Dress / 19th Cent
RUSSIA - Two Circassian soldiers

Georgian store, and Circassian and Ingush man.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Tbilisi, Georgia - Husband on horseback with young fiancee
Tbilisi, Georgia - Husband (a Tscherkesse - Circassian Cavalryman) on horseback with young fiancee. Date: circa 1902

A Circassian in traditional dress Date: circa 1900

Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri, the Circassian. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Woman in hairstyle with flowers, pearls and cap called the Circassian. Coiffure a la Circassienne. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery

RACIAL TYPES / CIRCASSIAN
A Circassian soldier of the Czars Escort uses his horse as cover during a firefight. Date: circa 1890

Two Circassian soldiers Date: 1855

A Circassian woman, literary history suggests that Circassian women were thought to be unusually beautiful and elegant Date: 1913

Circassian prince, Kabard princes and archer.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Samuel Croxall
SAMUEL CROXALL Churchman and writer, ranging from political satire to Aesops Fables : his Fair Circassian was judged too full of oriental warmth... Date: ? - 1752

Kabard prince, Circassian, wearing helmet, chain-mail and tabard.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Circassian man carrying a musket, curved sword
Kamtchadal woman in coat decorated with hair, holding a basket.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Circassian man in helmet, carrying a musket and curved sword.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Tungus priest, Turkestani in front of a tent, and Circassian prince.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

War in Circassia
Russia is constantly having to suppress revolts in its many provinces : Shamil leads his Circassian forces into war with the Moscow government. Date: 1846

Circassian Rider - Part of the Royal Honour Guard. Date: circa 1910s

Prunus sp. cherry (Black Circassian Cherry)
Plate 31 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Music cover for Two Circassian Polkas, piano pieces composed by Khue Lindoff. Two women of the northern Caucasus are depicted in traditional costume, one in red and white

Caucasus, Young Circassian Dervishes with ney player. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Circassians Dancing
A Circassian pair perform a traditional dance amid a circle of solemn spectators

Circassian Girl
Circassian girl

Circassian Warrior
A Circassian warrior chief in his gala costume

Circassian Prince
A Circassian prince

Circassian Man of Rank
A Circassian man of rank : Circassia is now part of the Karachai-Cherkess region

Circassian Falconer
A Circassian falconer from southern Russia, with his falcon on his arm

Circassian Princess
This Circassian princess (whose name we do not know) came to the court of tsarina Catherine II as ambassador for her people

Keeping Watch Etc
The Tchenomorski keep watch on their Circassian neighbours from lofty observation posts : they fill their homes with smoke to drive away their other enemies, mosquitoes

Russian Tsars Escort
Russian Circassians of the Tsars excort : one man has trained his horse to lie down and provide him with protection while he shoots

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