Turkey (3294 Subjects)
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
View of Bosporus and Üsküdar from Maiden's Tower. On the right the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque.
View of the summer palace of the Sultan at Beşiktaş, at the place of which the Palace of Dolmabahçe was built in the 19th century.
The palace of Hatice Sultan (sister of the Sultan Selim III) at Defterdarburnu, on the western shores of Bosporus. Hatice Sultan entrusted A. I. Melling with designing the palace.
The seaside kiosk of Sultan Selim III at Bebek, on the European shores of Bosporus. In this kiosk the Sultan and other Ottoman officials of high ranks gave audience to representatives of foreign states.
View of Kandilli on the Asiatic shores of Bosporus. In the foreground some Ottoman men enjoy their supper and amuse themselves.
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman women dancing. On the left the Anatolian Castle.
View of Kandili on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground some Ottoman men are dancing, while others are enjoying their coffee.
View of the Bosporus. On the left the Anatolian Castle, and on the right the Towers of the Rumelian Castle.
View of Hünkar Iskelesi, north of Beykoz, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.
Panoramic view of the Bosporus from Joshua's Hill (or Hill of Jesus), close to Anadolu Kavağı, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.
Ottoman villas at Tarabya, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
View of Kefeliköy and part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
The prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
View of the western part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
View of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus. In the foreground, Ottoman men dancing on a boat.
View of the eastern part of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Fountain at Sarıyer, on the European shores of Bosporus.
The Bosporus and the entrance to the Black Sea.
The aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I at Bahçeköy, and the prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of Bosporus.
Aqueduct at Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus. A. I. Melling is most probably depicting here one of the three aqueducts found at Belgrad Forset (the Kırkçeşme aqueduct, the Uzunkemer aqueduct or the Aqueduct of Mağlova).
The Mağlova aqueduct at the Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus.
The aqueduct of Justinian I at Belgrad Forest in Istanbul.
Map of Istanbul and its surroundings.
Topographical map of Bosporus.
Map showing the places from which A. I. Melling made the drawings accompanying his work.
Scene in the Valley of Sweet Waters.
The Çağlayan Palace in the Sweet Waters of Europe (Kağıthane). This palace was constructed on the ruins of Saadabad Palace, which was demolished in 1730, during the Patrona Halil revolt.
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque, on the western shores of Golden Horn.
Panoramic view of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.