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A vivid view from the dooryard of the Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami) in Bursa. Street-traders are offering their wares (both manufactured goods and foodstuffs). One of the minarets is seen partly in detail with its special Seljuk-style ornamentation. Uludag (the ancient Mysian Olympus) is seen in the background

1 print : lithograph ; image 27.8 x 37.3 cm

Bursa, Turkey: the street at the entrance to the Grand Mosque. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

A working view of Tophane with its workers. The Galata Tower and Sultan Ahmed Mosque are seen in the distance. Tophane was the site of the main armaments factory of the Ottoman empire. The buildings were burned down in the Firuz Agha fire of 1823 and later rebuilt. All that remained subsequently was the historical clock tower and Mecidiye mansion

1 print : lithograph ; image 27.7 x 36.8 cm

Tophane, Istanbul: the Ottoman cannon foundry. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

A vivid view of the courtyard of the Silk Khan in Bursa. The print shows dwellers of the Khan who are mainly silk traders and producers of floss as well as customers. Some traders are sitting and standing under the trellis, while two producers of floss who are in their distinguished Manav Turk costumes are chatting with two other traders. The minaret of the Great Mosque is seen as well as pieces of silk and baskets of floss
Koza Han (the Silk Khan) in Bursa was built by Sultan Bayezid II as a fund for his charitable institutions in Istanbul in 1491. Bursa became the centre of silk production in Turkey. The Silk Khan was the place where flosses were produced by a certain Turkish community -- Manavs -- from Central Asia. The Silk Khan continued as a trading centre for silk, with shops on its top floor and cafeterias on its ground floor

1 print : lithograph ; image 34.6 x 25.9 cm

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Smyth, Coke, 1808-1882

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Bursa, Turkey: the street at the entrance to the Grand Mosque. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

Tophane, Istanbul: the Ottoman cannon foundry. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

Bursa, Turkey: the silk exchange. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

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Smyth, Coke, 1808-1882

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Bursa, Turkey: the street at the entrance to the Grand Mosque. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

Tophane, Istanbul: the Ottoman cannon foundry. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

Bursa, Turkey: the silk exchange. Lithograph by J.F. Lewis, 1838, after Coke Smythe.

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