Dolmabahçe, Istanbul: the sultan's summer palace. Engraving by D. Pronti after W. Reveley.

  • Reveley, Willey, 1760-1799.
Date:
[1799-1803]
Reference:
2141834i
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The Sultan's summer palace at Dolmabahçe. This was probably destroyed in the 19th century, and replaced by the present Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, under Abudl Mecit. The print shows the summer palace in all its pomp: domed and in Ottoman palace style, probably made from marble in order to keep people cool during summer. It is guarded by guards even from sea side. A boat which is rowed by local boatmen carries foreign artists who draw the summer palace from the sea

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[England] : [publisher not identified], [1799-1803]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 17.4 x 24 cm

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View of the grand signiors summer place on the Thracian Bosphorus four miles from Constantinople. D. Pronti sculp. Bears number: 19

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Attribution to Reveley from Worsley's statement (loc. cit., introduction) referring to "views and ruins of ancient buildings in the Levant, and Lesser Tartary, engraved chiefly from drawings made on the spot, with great accuracy, by that ingenious artist Mr Reveley"

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Wellcome Collection 2141834i

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