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View of the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denderah / anc. Tendyra, Dogs, Donkeys, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian temples, Hieroglyphs, Human types, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Ruins, Smoking, Temple of Hathor (Dendera), Thebes / Luxor, Views
View of the ruins of the Temple of Menthu in Armant, Egypt.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Armant / anc. Hermonthis, Art and antiquities, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian temples, Hieroglyphs, Human types, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Smoking, Temple of Menthu in Hermonthis (Armant), Thebes / Luxor, Views
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Arabs, Athens, Boats and ships, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dalmatia, Dance, Doge's Palace / Palazzo Ducale (Venice), Egypt, Ethnic groups, Golden Horn, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Istanbul, Italy, Karnak, Lisbon, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Parthenon, Piazza San Marco (Venice), Portugal, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Title page, Tower of Belem, Turkey, Venice, Views, Women, Zeynab Mosque / Zeynab Camii
Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.
Tags: Beauty care, Boats and ships, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dance, Dervishes, Egypt, Egyptian dances, Egyptians, Ethnic groups, French, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Percussion instruments, Priests, Professions, Servants, Ship captains, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel
Composition: The Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa) together with the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Natural environment, Ottomans, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Erechtheion together with the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Erechtheion, Gate of Athena Archegetis / mod. Pazaroporta, Greece, Human types, Ionic order, Mosques, Ottomans, Parthenon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
Composition: The Monument of Philopappus. Scene of excavations at Thoricos, ancient settlement near Lavrio.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Lavrio, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Nobility, Professions, Reliefs, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thorikos
View of the Sweet Waters of Asia, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Tents, Turkey, Views
Café at Eminönü. In the background the Tower of Beyazit, also called Serasker Tower, the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I and the Valens aqueduct.
Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bayezid Tower / Seraskier Tower (Beyazıt Kulesi), Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cafés / Cafeneia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri)
A scene in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, somewhere in Sandal Bedesten.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Sandal Bedesten, Shops, Sirkeci, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The aqueduct of Justinian I at Belgrad Forest in Istanbul.
Tags: Aqueduct of Justinian I, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Fountain at Sarıyer, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Ottoman villas at Tarabya, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Joshua's Hill (or Hill of Jesus), close to Anadolu Kavağı, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Goats, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Joshua's Hill / Hill of Jesus, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Shepherds, Smoking, Turkey, Views
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground some Ottoman men are dancing, while others are enjoying their coffee.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Kandilli, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Pleasure pavilions, Smoking, Turkey, Views
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman women dancing. On the left the Anatolian Castle.
Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Kandilli, Leisure spaces, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The interior of a café at Tophane square.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cafés / Cafeneia, Coffee, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey
Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.
Tags: Animals, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Goats, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Processions, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies, Women
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa on the Golden Horn.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kasımpaşa, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Weapons
View of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), Fountains / Springs, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Ports, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Kağithane, Shipyards, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Travel, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.
Tags: Animals, Antoine Ignace Melling, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Abdülmecid (Büyük Mecidiye Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Writers
View of Kadıköy. In the background Maiden's Tower and part of the Seraglio Point.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III at Hagia Sophia square.
Tags: Ahmed III/ IIΙ. Ahmed, Animals, Art and antiquities, Dogs, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
The Gazi Yakup Bey Mosque at the main square of Çardak, village near Lapseki.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Çardak, Children, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Gazi Yakup Bey Mosque (Gazi Yakup Bey Camii), Human types, Lapseki / anc. Lampsacus, Mosques, Mysia, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women
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