Title

'Sipahi', 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Sipahi', 19th century. Sipahi was the name of an Ottoman cavalry corps. In the form of 'Spahi', it was the title given to several cavalry units serving in the French and Italian colonial armies during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C28_270

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,3Mb) / 11,8in x 16,5in / 3533 x 4949 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa animal animals horses horse riding rider country Turkey color colour uniform dress Turkish war location century Colonial empire Algeria print horseback concept cavalry warfare OTTOMAN 19th century nineteenth century The Print Collector colonialism colour print Ottoman Empire TGN sipahi Unknown