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Christian family at Jerusalem.

Tags: Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Smoking, Women

The audience chamber at the palace of Ali Pasha at Ioannina.

Tags: Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Architecture and built environment, Audience halls, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Interiors, Ioannina, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Views

Official dinner to which the author was invited during his visit to Georgia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cooking, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Georgia, Human types, Interiors, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Tbilisi / Tiflis, Εορτές - Εορτασμοί

Entrance to the Cathedral of Seville.

Tags: Andalusia, Architecture and built environment, Cathedral of Seville, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Interiors, Medieval monuments, Prayer, Religious practices, Seville, Spain, Women

The artist's room in the Armenian monastery (possibly Saint James'), in which she stayed during her visit to Jerusalem.

Tags: Carpets, Cathedral of Saint James (Jerusalem), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Frescoes, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Monasteries, Palestine, Pigrimages, Priests, Religious practices, Smoking

Interior of harem, Cairo.

Tags: Cairo, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Harem, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Jewellery, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Plan of the Thermae of Titus, Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baths of Titus (Terme di Tito), Interiors, Irrigation systems, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman thermae, Rome, Views

Interior view of S. Stefano Rotondo basilica on Caelian hill, Rome.

Tags: Aqua Claudia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Basilica of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio / Santo Stefano Rotondo (Rome), Churches, Interiors, Irrigation systems, Italy, Religious practices, Rome, Views

Imaginary depiction of stairways in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Italy, Rome

Hall of public building of the Roman period, Rome (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Rome, Sculptures

Card-players in a café, Piraeus.

Tags: Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Card playes, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Games and toys, Greece, Hookahs, Human types, Interiors, Leisure, Piraeus, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

George I of Greece is received by the Mayor of London at Guildhall Library, London.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, George I of Greece, Guildhall Library, History, Human types, Interiors, Kings, Libraries, London, Officials, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Women

Residents of the village of Mycenae in their home, around the fireplace.

Tags: Animals, Argolis, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The conference of Paris, 1869.

Tags: Carpets, Clocks, Conference of Paris (1869), Costume - Hats and headwear, English, Ethnic groups, France, French, Greeks, History, Human types, Interiors, Paris, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Writing tools

Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the temple of Zeus in Olympia, with Phidias's gold and ivory sculpture.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Elis, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Peloponnese, Pheidias, Sculptors, Sculptures, Temple of Zeus (Olympia)

Atrium of an ancient Greek house, with the statue of Hestia.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Courts, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Hestia, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Sculptures, Women

Greek hospitality.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Hookahs, Human types, Interiors, Jewellery, Professions, Servants, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Offering to a goddess in the inner court of a house or temple (imaginary reconstruction).

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Italy, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Female everyday costumes of ancient Greece.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Washing and laundering, Women

Greek woman in her private quarters.

Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Interiors, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Preparation of wine at Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, French, Human types, Interiors, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Wine, Women

The interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: a priest distributes the Holy Fire.

Tags: Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Holy Fire, Holy Sepulchre, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Reception of a caravan comprised of officials on a pilgrimage at a convent in Jerusalem.

Tags: Baths, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Monasteries, Monks, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

Scene at a bath, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of author Jean de Thevenot in oriental costume.

Tags: Author portraits, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Globes, Interiors, Jean de Thévenot, Maps

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the central nave looking towards the entrance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the entrance looking towards the altar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Members of a Jewish family in their home. According to the author, they lived at the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, around which the Jewish quarter was built.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Jewellery, Jews, Palace of the Porphyrogenitus / Tekfur Sarayı, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Women of the imperial Harem.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Harem, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

The wife of the Ottoman governor of Athens.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Jewellery, Ottoman officials, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Women

The interior of a café in Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed IV the Hunter.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Interiors, Istanbul, Mehmed IV the Hunter, Ottoman officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

Turkish man smoking his hookah.

Tags: Asia Minor, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Furniture, Hookahs, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.

Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.

A Mufti reading prayers at a Sultan's sarcophagus (türbe).

Tags: Books, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleums, Muftis, Portraits, Quran, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, Shoes and footwear, Thrace, Turkey

Frontispiece to the fifth volume of the edition. A scene in a public bath (hamam) of Istanbul.

Tags: Baths (Hamam), Beauty care, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman inscriptions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Ast-chi, a cook. Ast-chi bashi, head cook of the Janissary corps.

Tags: Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jewellery, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Portraits, Professions, Servants, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

The Ottoman Sultan and the Great Vizier.

Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Frontispiece to the third volume of the edition. The Prince heir to the Ottoman throne. Haseki Sultan, mother of the Prince heir and first sultana in the imperial harem's hierarchy.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Harem, Haseki Sultan, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultanas, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Women

Curing of anchovies.

Tags: Baskets, Curing, Economic activities, Fish, Fishing, Human types, Interiors, Italy, Professions, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy

Portrait of Ali Pasha of Ioannina.

Tags: Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, History, Interiors, Ioannina, Mosquito nets, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The living-room of a noblewoman's house.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Cats, Children, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Houses, Human types, Interiors, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Women

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