A N ' 'A T T E N D A N T
OF THE HAREM OF THE GRAND SIGNIOR.
W iTH iir th ew a lls o f tle Seraglio, and especially.'within that part
called the Harem, which is-set apart for the females attached to the
Sultan, no small degree of authority is necessary to keep good order
and prevent quarrels, particularly when great numbers offqpiales are
Confined to one spot, without any'One object but' to decorate-their
persons, and to endeavour' to please their sublime master. The business
of the lady, whu-is the- subject'of this plate, is to preserve
sueh'.order, and to punish tbeOdalisks, so called-to distinguish them
from the favourites of the Sultan/ as'will be mentioned' in the'last
plate of this'Work;^ •
