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The library of Hadrian seen from the house of Nikolaos Logothetis, consul of Britain in Athens. In the foreground, the soap mills. An Ottoman aga receiving a visitor; an Albanian groom.
Tags: Albanians, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Flower pots, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Greeks, Horses, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Lycabettus, Mills, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Servants, Soap makers
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background.
Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge), is standing at the entrance of the monument, leaning on a staff, with his back turned.
In the foreground, a woman from an affluent family is promenading with her daughters and maidservant.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Horses, Human types, Ottomans, Priests, Women
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