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View of Nazareth with the Orthodox Basilica of the Annunciation.

Tags: Animals, Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Church of the Annunciation (Nazareth), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Israel, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Views

View of Damascus, Syria.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Damascus, Horses, Houses, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Views, Walls, Women

View of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishermen, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Lebanon, Nets, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Tripoli (Lebanon), Views

View of the town of Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Chios, Castles and fortresses, Chios, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Medieval monuments, Views, Windmills

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar on the Asian coast of the Bosporus. In the background, on the left, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosque of Ahmed I. At the centre, the mosque of Suleiman I. On the right the Tower of Galata.

Disposition of the Russian cavalry division at Voznesensk, Uκraine, as it is being inspected by Czar Alexander I. View of Voznesensk, Ukraine. In order to better control the territories of “New Russia”, Czar Alexander I had placed an important cavalry division at Voznesensk.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cavalry, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, History, Houses, Members of the military, Military parades, Military uniforms, Russians, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Voznesensk, Women

View of Voznesensk, Ukraine. In order to better control the territories of “New Russia”, Czar Alexander I had placed an important cavalry division at Voznesensk.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cavalry, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Members of the military, Military uniforms, Russians, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Views, Voznesensk, Windmills

View of the village of Melidoni and Mount Ida, Crete.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Houses, Human types, Melidoni, Mount Ida (Crete), Mountains, Rethymno, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Views, Wells, Women

The courtyard of the author's residence at Rethymno.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Human types, Rethymno, Social sphere and everyday life, Wells

No. 1. Turkish landowner. 2. Body guard of Ottoman official. 3. & 4. Greek Bishops in full costume. 5. 6. 7. Cretan peasants. Map of ancient Crete showing the ancient settlements.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Equids, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Maps, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks, Women

The quarter of Büyükdere on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nets, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Leisure scene at one of the fields where the Sultan used to hunt. In the background, a storyteller entertaining the public.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Valide Dam at Belgrade Forest, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valide Dam (Valide Bendi)

View of Tarabya, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Muslim cemetery at Eyüp, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Cemetery of Eyüp, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Muslim cemeteries, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

View of the miltary barracks and the park of Pera.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Bovids, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Çağlayan Palace at Sweet Waters of Europe (Kağıthane). The palace was built on the ruins of Saadabad Palace, which was demolished in 1730, during the revolt of Patrona Halil.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Saadabad Palace (Saadabad Sarayı), Smoking, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the Golden Gate at the walls of Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Golden Gate / Altınkapı / Yaldızlıkapı, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople, Women

Members of a Jewish family in their home. According to the author, they lived at the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, around which the Jewish quarter was built.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Jews, Palace of the Porphyrogenitus / Tekfur Sarayı, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Women of the imperial Harem.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Harem, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Lower-ranking Ottoman interpreters to diplomatic missions to the Sublime Gate.

Tags: Ambassadors, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hookahs, Human types, Interpreters and translators, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Turks

Ottoman woman in promenade costume.

Tags: Carpets, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Modes of transport, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women

View of Jerusalem with the main sights and monuments of the city.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Maps, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Views, Walls of Jerusalem, Women

Scribe at Istanbul. Bashi-bazouks, irregular soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Professions, Scribes, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey, Weapons, Women, Writing tools

Panoramic view of Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ports, Turkey, Views

Ottoman carriage. Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order.

Tags: Animals, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Human types, Istanbul, Mevlevi order, Modes of transport, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Scribe at Istanbul. Bashi-bazouks, irregular soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey, Weapons

The prairie of Büyükdere, on the nortwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Itinerant sweets seller, Istanbul.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Shoes and footwear, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Muslim cemetery at Istanbul, possibly at Üsküdar, on the Asian coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Bithynia, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar. In the background on the right, the Tower of Galata; on the left, the tower of Leander.

Panoramic view of the western (European) coast of the Bosporus from the Fortress of Europe to the Black Sea.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Bovids, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of Bursa. In the background, Mount Uludag (Olympus of Bithynia).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bursa, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

Portrait of John Morritt.

Tags: Author portraits, Costume - Hats and headwear

Frontispiece: Map showing the author's itinerary. Scene from the author's journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem.

Tags: Aleppo, Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Holy Land, Horses, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Maps, Natural environment, Noblemen, Palestine, Syria, Travel

Portrait of Francesco Morosini in the style of Aeneas, based on his statue at the Palazzo dei Dogi, Venice.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Francesco Morosini, Italy, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veneto, Venice

Itinerant chimmey cleaner, Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Thrace, Turkey, Women

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