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Garrison races at Corfu. July 1853.

Tags: Animals, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Hippodrome, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Cricket match at Spinada, Corfu, July 1853. In the background, the Old Fortress of Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, British, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cricket, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Ionian islands, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Social sphere and everyday life, Spinada, Sports, Tents, Women

Thermopylae, engraving by Edward Lear, 1853

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Phthiotis, Thermopylae

View of the church of Our Lady on Tinos island. January 1850

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Church of Our Lady of Tinos, Churches, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Human types, Religious practices, Tinos, Women

Exterior and interior view of the Greek church of Christ Saviour at the London Wall. January 1850.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Children, Church of Christ the Saviour (London), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, London, Religious practices, United Kingdom, Views, Women

Priest of the Greek church reading the gospel at the altar.

Tags: Children, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Greece, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Vestments (liturgical garments)

View of Piraeus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Houses, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Views

The monastery of Hagios Gerasimos at the feet of Mount Ainos, Cephalonia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cephalonia, Churches, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Ionian islands, Monastery of Hagios Gerasimos (Cephalonia), Mount Ainos, Mountains, Religious practices

Mill at Argostoli, with Lixouri in the distance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argostoli, Boats and ships, Cephalonia, Fishing, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Lixouri, Mills

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Ionian islands, Military officers, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Ports, Sir William Parker, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The house of Don Pacifico, Portuguese consul in Athens, which was sacked by antisemitic groups in 1847. The Greek government's refusal to compensate Don Pacifico eventually led to a British intervention (as Don Pacifico was a British national) and the temporary blockade of the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, David Pacifico (Don Pacifico), Diplomats, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Houses, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

State sword presented to Dimitrios Kallergis, prime mover of the revolution of 3rd September 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Constitution, Dimitrios Kallergis, Greece, History, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Celebration in the honour of Dimitrios Kallergis at a tavern in London.

Tags: Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, History, Human types, London, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

Potrait of Dimitrios Kallergis.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Greece, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Reconstruction of the western pediment of the Parthenon: Strife of Athena and Poseidon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Sculptures, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Reconstruction of the eastern pediment of the Parthenon: Birth of goddess Athena.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Eastern pediment of the Parthenon, Greece, Parthenon, Sculptures

The Parthenon in 1687, after being blown up by the army of Francisco Morosini.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, History, Parthenon

Slab II from the northern frieze of the Parthenon: Panathenaea procession.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Frieze of the Parthenon, Friezes, Greece, Parthenon, Reliefs

Slab VI from the northern frieze of the Parthenon: Panathenaea procession.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Frieze of the Parthenon, Friezes, Greece, Parthenon, Reliefs

Cecrops and his daughter Pandrosos: Sculpture complex from the western pediment of the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Cecrops, Central Greece, Greece, Mythology, Pandrosus, Parthenon, Sculptures, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of the sculpture of Nike from the western pediment of the Parthenon. The head was taken off the temple at the orders of Francesco Morosini, and carried off to Venice in 1687.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Nike, Parthenon, Sculptures, Venice, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of the sculpture of Nike from the western pediment of the Parthenon. The head was taken off the temple at the orders of Francesco Morosini, and carried off to Venice in 1687.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, Nike, Parthenon, Sculptures, Venice, Western pediment of the Parthenon

Head of sculpture from the Parthenon.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Parthenon, Sculptures

Relief of Nike from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

Tags: Acropolis Museum, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Reliefs, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Relief of Nike Sandalizousa from the temple of Athena Nike at Athens Acropolis (kept today at the Acropolis Museum).

Tags: Acropolis Museum, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Nike Sandalizousa, Reliefs, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

View of Istanbul. On the left, the mosque of Suleiman I. On the right, Galata Tower.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of Izmir. On top of Pagos Hill, the castle of Kadife.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Mosques, Mysia, Ports, Turkey, Views

The uprising of 3rd September 1843. A multitude of insurgent Greeks gather before the Royal Palace (today the Greek Parliament), to demand a Constitution.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), History, Human types, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Theodoros Kolokotronis lying in stay at Athens, 17th February 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fighters of the Greek Revolution, Greece, Greek War of Independence, History, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Theodoros Kolokotronis

Page of King Otto.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Kings, Officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Suites

Portrait of Amalia, Queen of Greece.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Jewellery, Kings, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Otto of Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Kings, Otto of Greece, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The temple of Zeus Olympian and the Evangelical Church of Athens.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Churches, Evangelical Church of Athens, Greece, Houses, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Religious practices, Roman architecture, Roman monuments

The Royal Palace at Athens, today Greek Parliament.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Central Greece, Equids, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), Human types, Modes of transport, Views

Map of Greece.

Tags: Greece, Maps

Title page.

Tags: Title page

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