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Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Prisoner of Chillon": The Chillon Castle on the shores of Lake Leman in Switzerland.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Château de Chillon / Chillon castle, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Lakes, Lord Byron, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Montreux, Natural environment, Poems, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Switzerland, Veytaux, Women
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Siege of Corinth": Ottoman official and Greek slave girl at the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.
Tags: Ancient temples, Banners and standards, Battlefields, Cannons, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Human types, Lord Byron, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Poems, Ruins, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Weapons, Women
Young couple in gondola, Venice.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Gondolas, Human types, Italy, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Professions, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Venetian architecture, Venetian Lagoon, Venetian monuments, Venetians, Veneto, Venice, Women
Bridge of Don or Brig O'Balgownie, Aberdeen.
Tags: Aberdeen, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Brig o' Balgownie, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Great Britain, Houses, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Oxen, Rivers, Scotland, Scottish people, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian officials, Venetians, Weapons
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetians, Walls
View of the Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa). On the right Hadrian's Arch and the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Hadrian's Arch (Athens), Human types, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Views, Walls
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