Janina, Albania (subsequently Greece): the seraglio and tomb of Ali Pasha. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.

Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina (Janina, Ioannina), surnamed Aslan, "the Lion", or the "Lion of Yannina" (1740-1822), was a Muslim Albanian ruler who served as an Ottoman pasha of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory, which was referred to as the Pashalik of Yanina

At this time (1855) Janina was the capital of an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. In 1913 it became part of Greece. In the print, on the right a few guards sit outside Ali Pasha's seraglio in their distinctive costumes. Their horses are shown in the centre. The family tomb of Ali Pasha where Ali Pasha's decapitated body (1822) and those of his spouses (Um Gulsum Hanum, 1809) were buried is seen on the left, opposite the seraglio

[London] : Day & Son lith.rs to The Queen, [1855]

1 print : lithograph with tint plate ; image 22.1 x 32.1 cm

Ali Pacha's seraglio and tomb, fortress, Janina. G. D. Beresford, del.

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 1, no. 46.2

Wellcome Collection 2200300i