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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
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.
Tags: Africans, Animals, Ardettus Hill, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Hunting, Lycabettus, Monastery of Hagioi Asomatoi (Athens), Mount Parnitha, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Rivers, Roman bridge of Ilissus, Russian church of Athens, Schiste petra, Servants, Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae / Panagia stin Petra (Athens), Voivode of Athens, Weapons
The Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military officers, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Views, Women
Women of Ios.
Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclades, Domestic tasks, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary monuments, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Ios, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Women
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