Janina, Albania (subsequently Greece): the town seen through a gap in the city walls. Colour lithograph by R. Carrick after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
- Beresford, G. de la Poer (George de la Poer)
- Date:
- [1855]
- Reference:
- 2200299i
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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, some Albanian men are sitting by the wall and chatting to each other. They wear authentic everyday clothes that mostly consist of a white tunic, a mid-length coat in dark colours with a waistband (to hold the knife) and a skullcap (takke)
Publication/Creation
[London] : Day & Son lith.rs to The Queen, [1855]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph with tint plate ; image 23.2 x 32.4 cm
Lettering
Janina, the capital of Albania. G. D. Beresford, del. ; R. Carrick lith.
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 1, no. 46.1
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2200299i
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