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Alexandra Princess of Wales and Olga of Greece promenading at the Royal Gardens (today National Garden), March 1877. In the background, the temple of Olympian Zeus.
Tags: Alexandra of Denmark, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Games and toys, Greece, Human types, Kings, National Garden (Athens), Olga Queen of Greece, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Princes, Princesses of Wales, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women
Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) is photographed with the King and Queen of Greece during his visit to Athens in 1875.
Tags: Attica, Carpets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edward VII of England, Furniture, George I of Greece, Greece, History, Human types, Interiors, Kings, Olga Queen of Greece, Photographers, Princes, Princes of Wales, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations
Greek women doing household tasks.
Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Embroidery, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Turkish women in 18th century costume having tea in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Musical instruments, Servants, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
A European ambassador appears before the Sultan.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Furniture, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Turks
A European ambassador has dinner with the Grand Vizier.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Ṭuğrā (Seals – signatures of the Sultan) (Seals – signatures of the Sultan), Turkey, Turks
Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Muslim women, Qanun (instrument), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Thrace, Turkey, Turkish women, Women
The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.
Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Houses, Human types, Iftar / Ramadan dinner, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman officials, Ramadan, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Books, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Recep Paşa (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Quranic inscriptions, Recep Pasha, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.
Tags: Abdul Hamid I / I. Abdul Hamid, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
The French ambassador Chateau-nef's audience with the administrator (Caimacam) of Istanbul.
Tags: Ambassadors, Audiences-Receptions, Carpets, Chateau-neuf, Costume - Hats and headwear, Diplomats, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, French, Furniture, Gifts, History, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Officials, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
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