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  • A Turkish man seated on a stool near a gallows prepares a noose inscribed "Declaration of war against the Allies". Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • Mausoleum of the sultans Mahmud II and Abdulaziz, Istanbul; a man kneels in front of the two decorative tombs. Photograph by Abdullah Frères, ca. 1900.
  • Süleyman II, seated at table on the left, is asked by Roxalana to give her his handkerchief; he does so, but she immediately gives it to Delia. Engraving.
  • The tomb of Sultan Mehmed I in his mausoleum (the Green tomb) at Brusa, Turkey. Engraving by G. Presbury after W.H. Leitch after T. Allom, ca. 1836.
  • Crimean War: an ambulance vehicle. Wood engraving.
  • Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.
  • A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.
  • Crimean War: Turkish ambulancemen conveying the sick to Balaclava. Wood engraving.
  • Russo-Turkish War: a wounded Turkish soldiers is brought to two doctors wearing the Red Crescent; a nurse is giving some water to another wounded man; a makeshift hospital in the background. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts after J.E. Hodgson, ca. 1877.
  • Riza Orhan. Pencil drawing by H.C.S. Wright, 1911.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.
  • Three naked men are tied to trees with a bonfire set alight before them threatening to burn or asphyxiate them. Wood engraving by Horace Harral after Godefroy Durand.
  • A young woman standing. Lithograph attributed to B.-R. Julien, 18--.
  • The British front (?), Tigris, Iraq, (formerly Mesopotamia): soldiers in the Indian cooking area of the trenches. Photograph by P.F. Gow, 1916 (?).
  • Tigris (?), Iraq (?): the 2nd Black Watch regiment's aid-post; tent surrounded by soldiers. Photograph by P. F. Gow, ca. 1916.
  • Tigris (?), Iraq (?): the 2nd Black Watch regiment's aid-post; tent surrounded by soldiers. Photograph by P. F. Gow, ca. 1916.
  • A Grecian Wedding
  • Prospect of the Grand Signiors Seraglio from Galata
  • Turkish Funeral Scene
  • Parga, Albania (subsequently Greece): the castle, part of the town and the sea seen from the coast road. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • Saint John of Capestrano (?), a woman saint (Saint Apollonia?), and Janos Hunyadi (?). Tempera painting.
  • Saint John of Capestrano (?), a woman saint (Saint Apollonia?), and Janos Hunyadi (?). Tempera painting.
  • A spider, annoyed by a swallow which was catching all the flies, plans to catch the swallow in its web, but is shown to be deluded when the swallow carries off both the spider and the web; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop, 1665.
  • A man presenting a votive offering to Saint Fermina as protector of navigators. Oil painting by an Italian painter.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Engraving by F. Pigeot after A.J. Gros, 1804.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Engraving by F. Pigeot after A.J. Gros, 1804.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.