Ethnological Museum, Hadjigeorgakis house, Nicosia

The portrait of a lady is painted on the wooden case of a grandfather clock. She wears a fine-spun white shirt trimmed with lace at the edges, over the shirt she wears an anteri (open gown) made of a fabric with floral pat­terns. It has a big round opening on the chest is closed with a series of buttons down to the waist. At the waist it is secured by an embroidered belt with round buckles. On top of the anteri she wears a tzouppe (long robe) lined with spot­ted ermine fur. The fabric show delicate reddish flowers on a background in shades of green. A high, headdress swathed in flower-patterned scarves, as well as jewellery (earnings, pearl and other necklaces, bracelets), complete the attire. Part of the hair is projecting from the headdress along the temples. A red flower is attached to the scarf decorating the right part of her face. Her eyes are outlined with holla (kohl), and the lips are painted red. 

Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios, Dragoman of Cyprus (1779-1809) is wearing anteri (over a shirt which is not visible), a belt around the waist, tzouppe lined with fur (gunna), and kalpaki. The anteri is a long dress closed up to the neck, with a round neckline. It is made of luxurious red fabric, most probably brocade, covered with scale patterns in golden colour.  Tzouppe is a long red robe lined with white fur most probably ermine. The fur forms the inner side of the long overcoat and can be seen around the neck, along the opening in front and at the lower edge at the sleeves. The tzouppe is covered outside with a valuable cloth in red colour, symbol of power. The kalpaki is two-pointed and is consists of a red cap made of telâtin surrounded by sable fur. The red telâtin (Russian leather) is clearly visible on the top of the headdress. In his right hand he is wearing a ring set with a ruby and in his left hand he is holding a firman (or berat).The head seems to be fully shaved. He also has a long black moustache. The dragoman is sitting on a wooden sofa with cushions made of silk blue-grey striped cloth. 

Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios, Dragoman of Cyprus (1779-1809) is wearing anteri (over a shirt which is not visible), tzouppe an outer robe with full sleeves and a short upright collar and kalpaki. The anteri is a long open gown crossed at the front, closed up to the neck with a series of three small buttons. The neckline is round. It is made of white silk fabric with golden stripes. Along the front the stripes run in opposite directions, indicating the design of the anteri. The edges of the long sleeves of the anteri are visible under the tzouppe. It is made of greenish fabric lined with white cloth. His Kalpaki (head-gear) has the shape of a mitre (kettle-shaped).  This type of kalpak was made of fine black lambskin stretched upon pasteboard forms. On the top of the kalpak one can see the red stuffing, similar to that of the Boyars. On his right hand the Dragoman is holding a white kerchief and in the left hand a rolled firman (or berat). The head seems to be fully shaved. He also has a long black moustache.

The portrait depicts Tzelepi Yiangos Georgiades, the youngest son of the Dragoman Hadjigeorgakis. It was painted by Constantinos Tak­katzis in 1852. He is presented wearing a red  Fesin (fez) and a thick black coat with a V-shaped opening, over a waistcoat closed with buttons up to the neck; a white cravat tied in a bow is shown un­der his chin. He has a moustache and short hair projecting under the fez (Turk. Fesin) at the temples. He wears a ring on each hand, and holds a rosary (string of beads) in the right and a rolled manuscript in the left hand. The name of the painter and the date 1852 are written with black ink on the manuscript. A ring similar to those depicted is still preserved as a family heirloom in the collection of his sister’s Mariora descendants. Tzelepi Yiangos is a typical case of the emerging new local elite, whose appearance reflected the western-style fashion promoted by the reforms in the Ottoman Empire.