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The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.

The Temple of Zeus in Nemea.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Nemea, Peloponnese, Professions, Ruins, Shepherds, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

The valley of Nemea. In the background the pillars of the Temple of Zeus.

Tags: Animals, Corinthia, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Nemea, Peloponnese, Plain of Nemea, Plains, Professions, Shepherds, Temple of Zeus (Nemea), Views

View of Hünkar Iskelesi, north of Beykoz, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.

Tags: Beykoz, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fishermen, Fishing, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nets, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Turkey, Views

The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.

View of the first Courtyard, known also as Court of the Janissaries or Parade Court. On the right Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint. In the background the Gate of Salutation, leading to the Second Courtyard of the palace.

View of Istanbul from Maiden's Tower. In the foreground imperial boats are departing from Topkapi Palace. In the first view, the Ottoman Sultan; in the second, some Ottoman princes.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cannons, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Karaköy, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Weapons

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

The Sultan's boat entering the Golden Horn.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Golden Horn, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Sakka, itinerant water seller.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Pack animals, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Water sellers

Ruins of polygonal wall in Epidavros Limira, ancient city in Laconia, north of Monemvasia.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Goats, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Monemvasia, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Professions, Ruins, Shepherds

View of the entrance to a certain cave on Cythera, probably the Cave of Houstis, near Diakofti.

Tags: Animals, Cave of Houstis (Ithaca), Caves, Cythera, Diakofti (Cythera), Goats, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Islands, Natural environment, Professions, Shepherds, Social sphere and everyday life, Views, Waterfalls, Women

View of an ancient monument, possibly of Roman or Byzantine aqueduct, at Gelibolu.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Economic activities, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Horses, Human types, Ottomans, Professions, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Women

View of the grand mosque and the bazaar of Gelibolu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bazaar of Gallipoli (Gelibolu), Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Human types, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Caramanian woodcutters.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Caramania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Loggers / Lumberjacks, Natural environment, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Weapons

A ciğerci, Ottoman liver seller, feeds street cats.

Tags: Animals, Butchers, Cats, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Ottoman butcher feeds street cats.

Tags: Animals, Butchers, Cats, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Imaginary representation of Faliro.

Tags: Attica, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Faliro, Fishermen, Fishing, Greece, Human types, Nets, Professions, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

View of the sculptures of the now lost Incantadas monument at the southern entrance of the Roman Agora of Thessaloniki. The sculptures were incorporated in the house of a family of Sephardi Jewish merchants. British consul Paradise, who has come to show John Stuart and Nicholas Revett the monument, meets the owner of the house. A young servant offers the consul a cup of coffee while from above the owner's wife reprimands her husband for not having invited the consul to sit before offering him coffee. On the left, a woman who is spinning approaches the travellers. On the right, Stuart and Revett with the young son of the British consul, who is escorted by the consul's dragoman (interpreter).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Author portraits, Britons, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Incantadas monument (Thessaloniki), James Stuart, Jews, Macedonia, Nicholas Revett, Professions, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thessaloniki, Travel, Women

The arch of the Sergii at Pula, Croatia. Peasants of Slavic ethnicity are walking by with their ox cart. James Stuart, Nicholas Revett and their assistant are on top of the arch, making drawings. On the left a man informs the women gathered that the travellers are searching the Arch of the Sergii for treasures.

View of the temple of Rome and Augustus and the adjacent temple of Diana in Pula, Croatia. Between the two temples is situated the Communal Palace of Pula and the city prison. Next to the building, a guard and locals who are playing a game of marbles. In the middle ground, a soldier of Slavic ethnicity conversing with a young woman. On the left, a Polish woman with her donkey and small dog.

The facade of the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Pula, Croatia. The building on the right is the city prison. On the stairway of the temple, inhabitants of Dignano d'Istria, today Vodnjan, Croatia. In the foreground, locals of Pula, including a fishmonger and his assistant.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fishermen, Fishing, Istria, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Scales, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), Vodnjan / Dignano d'Istria, Women

Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre of Pula. Due to an epidemics among the livestock of the region, the consumption of lamb and mutton has been forbidden. Shepherds of Slavic ethnicity have sought refuge within the amphitheatre, with their herds. A monk of the order of Saint Anthony, patron of animals according to several traditions, is giving his blessing and sprinkling the sheep with holy water; this terrifies the flock and causes the dogs to bark at the monk. On the right, some weapons, which Slav inhabitants of the area always carry with them, according to the author.

View of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens. The horses of the military commander of Athens grazing at the site of the scene.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Grooms, Horses, James Stuart, Monument of Philopappus, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Professions

South view of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae (Panagia stin Petra) in Athens. The figures represent the Vaiwode, or Turkish Governor of Athens, with some of its attendants on a hunting party.

Plains of Chaeronea, from the walls of Panopeus.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Chaeronea, Goats, Greece, Human types, Panopeus / mod. Agios Vlasios (Boeotia), Professions, Smoking, Walls

Mount Cyllene and lake Stymphalia.

Tags: Animals, Corinthia, Cyllene, Greece, Human types, Lake Stymphalia, Lakes, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Professions, Shepherds, Views

Turkish musicians.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Professions, Thrace, Turkey

Turkish wedding.

Tags: Animals, Children, Istanbul, Musicians, Pack animals, Professions, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Wedding ceremonies

Α. Water carrier/seller (Saka). Β-C. Janissaries.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military officers, Ottoman army, Pack animals, Professions, Thrace, Turkey, Water sellers

Guests to circumcision ceremony.

Tags: Animals, Children, Circumcision, Istanbul, Musicians, Pack animals, Professions, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

A. Archer in the service of the Sultan (Solak). B. Devshirme child. C. Servant of the Sultan.

Tags: Archers, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Military officers, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Paidomazoma / Devşirme, Professions, Servants, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

The imperial stables at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Grooms, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Stables, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Ottoman man enjoying his massage at a public bath (hamam) in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths (Hamam), Healthcare, Human types, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

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