Istanbul: people standing by tombs in a Turkish burial ground; the city in the background. Watercolour by M. O'Reilly, 1854.

  • O'Reilly, Montagu, R.N.
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1854
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578919i
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The Eyüp cemetery?

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1854

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1 painting : watercolour ; image 34.1 x 50.1 cm

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Montagu O'Reilly delt June 1854 Extensively inscribed on the verso: "The great Turkish burial ground or "Grand champ des morts" on the Pera side of the Bosphorus at the back of the Sultan's palace of 'Tchangaha' with the palace of 'Bilier Bey' in the distance on the Bosphorus. Sketched December 1854 by Montagu O'Reilly Lieut. HMS Retribution"

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Attributed in the lettering to Montagu O'Reilly (1822-1888), Lieutenant on the ship HMS Retribution in the Crimean War

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Wellcome Collection 578919i

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