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Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Prisoner of Chillon": The Chillon Castle on the shores of Lake Leman in Switzerland.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Château de Chillon / Chillon castle, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Lakes, Lord Byron, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Montreux, Natural environment, Poems, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Switzerland, Veytaux, Women
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetians, Walls
View of Kotor in Montenegro, with the fortress of Saint John.
Tags: Adriatic sea, Architecture and built environment, Battles, Cannons, Churches, Fort Saint John (Kotor), Houses, Kotor / anc. Ascrivium, Maps, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Montenegro, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Weapons
View of Hebron. In the background the monument in Herodian architecture which houses the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah are buried. The Valley of Jericho. View of the Dead Sea.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebron), Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dead Sea, Funerary monuments, Hebron, Holy Land, Horses, Israel, Jericho, Jewish monuments, Jordan (country), Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Roman monuments, Soldiers, Views, Weapons
Title page. Sultan Mahmud II returns to the Palace from the Mosque.
Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Mahmud II (IΙ. Mahmut), Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sultans, Thrace, Title page, Turkey, Women
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III at Hagia Sophia square.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
Persian officials take the most beautiful women of the city away to the harem of the shah of Persia.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Azerbaijan, Camels, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Harem, Horses, Military officers, Modes of transport, Persia / Iran, Persians, Şamaxı-Shamachy, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III at the Hagia Sophia square, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Imperial gates, Istanbul, Janissaries, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views
The Petrovaradin Castle, Serbia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danube river, Economic activities, Fortifications and fortresses, Holy Roman Empire – Habsburg Empire, Human types, Medieval monuments, Novi Sad, Petrovaradin, Petrovaradin Castle, Rivers, Serbia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Views, Women
View of the Castle of Belgrade from Zemun.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Belgrade (Beograd), Belgrade Fortress / Kalemegdan, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danube river, Fortifications and fortresses, Holy Roman Empire – Habsburg Empire, Human types, Mosques, Rivers, Sava river, Serbia, Slavic monuments, Soldiers, Views
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.
Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Dogs, Domestic tasks, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Games and toys, Istria, Marbles (game), Modes of transport, Pack animals, Polish people, Professions, Pula / anc. Polai, Roman monuments, Slovene-Croats (Istria), Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Spinning, Temple of Diana (Pula), Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), Women
The disposition of the Russian army in the battle of Stănileşt during the Pruth campaign (1711). Portrait of the commanders of the troops, Peter I the Great of Russia and Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. Roman coins discovered in the area,
Tags: Art and antiquities, Battle of Stănileşti, Cavalry, Coins, Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, History, Maps, Military campaigns, Order of battle, Ottoman officials, Peter I of Russia, Plans and drawings, Pruth river, Rivers, Romania, Russo-Turkish Wars, Soldiers, Stănileşti, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents
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