Janissaries with soup kettles and the regimental spoon
1809
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1809
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolor shows Janissary soldiers gathered around soup kettles. It’s part of a series made in 1809, during the Romantic era. Soup was sacred to these fighters. Legend says their order started in the 1300s with a blessing from a dervish. Lose the giant spoon? That spelled shame. Beat the kettle and you called for mutiny. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
![A Dervish[?]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/3c8916f5a95abb6a/thumb.webp)
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