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View of the port of Rhodes. View of Yaffa, Israel. Ottomans playing chess. Ottoman women having coffee in their private quarters.
Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Fortress of Yaffa, Games, Greece, Houses, Israel, Istanbul, Jewellery, Leisure, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Rhodes, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks, Walls of Constantinople, Windmills, Women, Yaffa / anc. Ioppe
The court of Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque at Tophane, Istanbul. In the background, Nusretiye mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Scribes, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
Leisure scene at Pinarbasi, a neighbourhood of Bursa. A story teller entertains the public.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Hookahs, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure, Leisure spaces, Pınarbaşı, Professions, Rivers, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Thrace, Turkey, Turks
View of the surroundings of Bursa.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Mosques, Ottoman soldiers, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Weapons, Zeibeks
Passenger boat connecting the eastern and western coasts of the Bosporus. In the background, Rumeli Castle.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
Leisure scene at the location of Sweet Waters of Asia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure, Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
Turkish women in 18th century costume having tea in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Musical instruments, Servants, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
View of the bridge of Justinian or Sangarius Bridge. The bridge is situated on Sangarius (Sakarya) river, near Sabanca lake, outside Adapazari, on the route from Iznik to Izmit. Today the bed of Sangarius lies to the east of the bridge, which only covers the smaller tributary Sark Deresi river (anc. Melas). On the foreground, the now-lost triumphal arch at the western end of the bridge.
Tags: Adapazarı, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bridges, Byzantine monuments, Çark Deresi (anc. Melas) river, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Modes of transport, Pack animals, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sakarya (Sangarius) river, Sangarius Bridge / Bridge of Justinian (Justinianos Köprüsü / Beşköprü), Smoking, Triumphal arch of Justinian's bridge, Triumphal arches, Turkey
View of the plain of Larissa from settlement close to the city. Snapshot of everyday life at the village.
Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Larissa, Natural environment, Oxen, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spindles, Spinning, Spinning wheels, Storks, Textile manufacture, Views, Washing and laundering, Wells, Women
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ottoman officials, Parthenon, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks
Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bishops, Carpets, Central Greece, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crisso, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Notables, Phocis, Priests, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Views, Women
Agios Markos square, Zakynthos island
Tags: Animal husbandry, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Christian priests, Church of Hagios Markos (Zakynthos), Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Greece, Hagios Markos square (Zakynthos), Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Members of the military, Ports, Priests, Professions, Shepherds, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Squares, Views, Weapons, Women, Zakynthos
Town and harbour of Vathi, Ithaka island.
Tags: Baskets, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Ithaca, Members of the military, Ports, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Vathy (Ithaca), Windmills
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