The Dragoman of Mr Colquhoun Consul at Bucharest, Joseph Nash, between 1843 and 1846

Portrait of a man in oriental dress with a fez and embroidered gown, full-length seated with his right hand on the handle of a weapon tucked into his waistband, looking to right towards a similarly-dressed boy who holds a hookah pipe for him, a woman holding a child behind to left and view of a city beyond, only the boy's figure filled out fully. Hand-coloured lithograph printed in grey and beige. Date: between 1843 and 1846. Dimensions: Height: 438 mm; Width: 315 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sotiri. Collection: British Museum. The Dragoman of Mr Colquhoun Consul at Bucharest (BM 1918,0205.7)