Turbans Collection (#3)

Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shah Abbas I, Painting: 18th century; Calligraphy: 1582-1583. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shah Abbas I, 18th century. According to the inscription in the upper panel of this manuscript leaf

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Islande, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de l'Islande, c1797

Raja Medini Pal (Reigned 1722-1736) of Basohli Being Presented with a Falcon, c1725. Creator: Unknown
Raja Medini Pal (Reigned 1722-1736) of Basohli Being Presented with a Falcon, c1725

Costumes de Différents Pays, Indien du Coromandel, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Indien du Coromandel, c1797

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

Skinning a Tiger, from a sketch by one of our special artists in India, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Skinning a Tiger, from a sketch by one of our special artists in India, 1876. The future King Edward VII goes tiger hunting

Raj Singh (reigned 1685-1695) of Guler, between c1690 and c1710. Creator: Unknown
Raj Singh (reigned 1685-1695) of Guler, between c1690 and c1710

Maharana Jagat Singh I (reigned 1628-1654) (image 2 of 2), between c1760 and c1765. Creator: Unknown
Maharana Jagat Singh I (reigned 1628-1654) (image 2 of 2), between c1760 and c1765

Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. The navigation of this great river, which, below the confluence of the Punjaub "five rivers"...has yet a further course of five

The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis...with a Tiger...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis at close quarters with a Tiger, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....the tiger sprang out

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: "Padding" a Tiger"...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: "Padding" a Tiger", from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII shooting tigers in India

Sir Jung Bahadoor, K.S.I. of Nepaul, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sir Jung Bahadoor, K.S.I. of Nepaul, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Sir Jung Bahadoor, at his first meeting with the Prince [of Wales], came out in very plain style

Palace Guardian, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Palace Guardian, 18th century

Nawab Mir Jafar Khan (reigned 1704-1726), between 1760 and 1775. Creator: Unknown
Nawab Mir Jafar Khan (reigned 1704-1726), between 1760 and 1775

The Royal Visit to India: waiting for the Shahzadah, Gwalior...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: waiting for the Shahzadah, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....his Royal Highness went to visit Scindia at Gwalior...The townspeople of Lushkur

The Royal Visit to India: Scindia proposing the health of the Prince of Wales at Gwalior...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: Scindia proposing the health of the Prince of Wales at Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

Lieutenant Cameron and some of his African followers, 1876. Creator: W. J. P
Lieutenant Cameron and some of his African followers, 1876. Portrait of Verney Lovett Cameron, a...brave and clever young naval officer

The Prince of Wales in India: military manoeuvres before Delhi - charge of Probyn's Horse...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in India: military manoeuvres before Delhi - charge of Probyn's Horse, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The Prince of Wales in India: native soldiers distinguished for their services, 1876. Creator: William Simpson
The Prince of Wales in India: native soldiers distinguished for their services, 1876. Russaldar Major Maun Sing, Sirdar Bahadoor...senior native officer of the 9th Bengal Cavalry...He served at

AI IMAGE - A woman wearing 1920s fashion, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A woman wearing 1920s fashion, 2023

The Royal Visit to India: Pala Fishermen on the Indus, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: Pala Fishermen on the Indus, 1876. From a sketch by Captain Frank James, of the Bombay Staff Corps. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Prince Raj Singh of Bikaner, between c1775 and c1785. Creator: Unknown
Prince Raj Singh of Bikaner, between c1775 and c1785

The Prince of Wales receiving the survivors of the Defence of Lucknow...1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales receiving the survivors of the Defence of Lucknow, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. In order to give more effect to the ceremony of laying the stone

Krishna and the Cowherds Receiving Garlands in Mathura... between c1625 and c1650. Creator: Unknown
Krishna and the Cowherds Receiving Garlands in Mathura, Folio from the "Tularam" Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), between c1625 and c1650

Joghi Wallahs at Benares, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Joghi Wallahs at Benares, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Indian ascetics:an exhibition of "joghi wallahs." These are a class of Hindoo religious mendicants

Performers at the Villa of Belgatchia, Calcutta, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Performers at the Villa of Belgatchia, Calcutta, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Among the feats...was the ingenious musician, Baboo Rally Prosonno Bannerjee

A strolling minstrel at Madras playing the tingadee, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A strolling minstrel at Madras playing the tingadee, 1876. Indian musician...of the Dher caste...playing on an instrument called the tingadee, which is composed of three gourds

Malkos Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), between c1675 and c1700. Creator: Unknown
Malkos Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), between c1675 and c1700

Street in Benares, from a sketch by of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Street in Benares, from a sketch by of our special artists, 1876. View of the...ancient city, the venerated head-quarters of the Brahminical religion in Lower India...Vast numbers of pilgrims come

Rajahs introduced to each other while waiting for the Prince of Wales at Calcutta...1876. Creator: William James Palmer
Rajahs introduced to each other while waiting for the Prince of Wales at Calcutta, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Royal visit of the future King Edward VII to India

Single Leaf of a Man on a Donkey, early 11th century AH/AD 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf of a Man on a Donkey, early 11th century AH/AD 17th century. This Safavid drawing with opaque watercolour and illuminated borders, depicts a man with a large turban riding a donkey

Youth with a Falcon, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Youth with a Falcon, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century. This Safavid drawing was likely produced in Qazvin or Isfahan

Portrait of a Nobleman, mid 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Nobleman, mid 19th century

A Festive Gathering, c1163 AH/AD 1750. Creator: Unknown
A Festive Gathering, c1163 AH/AD 1750. This painting celebrates the pleasures of smoking and partaking in good company. The composition is made up of animated vignettes

Ekas, Bengal Presidency, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Ekas, Bengal Presidency, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The Eka is one of the many forms of Indian vehicles

Dhola and Maru on a Camel, c1830. Creator: Unknown
Dhola and Maru on a Camel, c1830

Costumes de Différents Pays, Pretre Indous, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Pretre Indous, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Indous, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Indous, c1797

Adelheim von Veltheim, 1783. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Adelheim von Veltheim, 1783

Plate XXII from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate XXII from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780

Gorgin Leads Bishan Astray, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1623. Creator: Unknown
Gorgin Leads Bishan Astray, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1623

Bombay Parsees with an Address of Welcome to the Prince, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Bombay Parsees with an Address of Welcome to the Prince [of Wales], 1876. The future King Edward VII on a royal visit to India

Rajah Harendra Krishna, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Rajah Harendra Krishna, 1876. Engraving from a photograph. Rajah Harendra Krishna, a member of the Bengal Legislative Council

Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; One of the sons of the King of Hejaz: the Emir Faisal, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; One of the sons of the King of Hejaz: the Emir Faisal under his tent, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Manuscript of the Jawahir al-ghara'ib tarjumat Bahr al-'aja'ib (image 2 of 3), 1582/A.H. 990

The Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior; The Maharajah of Cashmere, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior; The Maharajah of Cashmere, 1876. It should be observed that the Mahratta potentates of Western India are now valuable allies of the British Government

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"Turbans: A Cultural Tapestry Unveiled" Step into the rich tapestry of history as we explore the captivating world of turbans. Originating in British India, particularly East Bengal and Barisal, these iconic headpieces have woven their way through time, leaving an indelible mark on various cultures. One notable event that showcased the power was the infamous Dreadnought Hoax. In a daring act of impersonation, George V and Mary donned turbans during their Coronation Durbar in Delhi, India. This audacious display not only amused but also challenged societal norms. From Egypt to India, old Egyptian men at prayer proudly adorned turbans as a symbol of devotion and tradition. These majestic headpieces became synonymous with spirituality and reverence. During times of conflict, turbans took on new meanings. Wounded Indian troops found solace under their protective folds while seeking refuge at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Turbans became symbols of resilience amidst colonialism's grip, personified by figures like Lord Curzon. Even royalty couldn't resist the allure of turbans; Edward VIII was often seen hunting with his trusty turban-clad companions or engaging in lively conversations with Patailas - individuals known for their distinctive headwear. The legacy continues as we delve into historical figures who embraced this cultural iconography. Sir Henry Havelock Davie stood tall wearing his turban during the Chitral Expedition – a testament to bravery and determination. Artists like William Edward Dighton captured the essence of Middle Eastern dress through stunning portraits featuring intricately wrapped turbans – showcasing both elegance and exoticism. Beyond borders, Indian rice merchants in Rangoon proudly wore their vibrant turbans as they contributed to Myanmar's bustling economy – bridging cultures through trade and tradition and can more than just fabric; they represent stories untold yet deeply ingrained within our collective heritage.