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Engraving of five turbaned men seated on a striped divan playing drums, a pipe and a stringed instrument, with buildings and a minaret behind them.

The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation / By Alex. Russell, M. D.

An engraved plate showing five turbaned men seated side by side on a striped divan, playing a frame drum, pipes, a stringed instrument and small hand drums. Arched buildings and a minaret appear in the background, with a patterned tiled floor in front.

Artist
Alexander Russell
Date
MDCCCLVI [i.e. 1756]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2740 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1756.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Cinco músicos sentados en un diván, lámina grabada de la Historia natural de Alepo

Una lámina grabada que muestra a cinco hombres con turbante sentados uno junto a otro en un diván a rayas, tocando un tambor de marco, flautas, un instrumento de cuerda y pequeños tambores de mano. Al fondo se ven edificios con arcos y un minarete, y al frente un suelo de baldosas con motivos.

Português: Cinco músicos sentados em um divã, gravura da História natural de Alepo

Uma gravura mostra cinco homens de turbante sentados lado a lado em um divã listrado, tocando um tambor de moldura, flautas, um instrumento de cordas e pequenos tambores de mão. Ao fundo aparecem edifícios com arcos e um minarete, e à frente um piso de azulejos com padrões.