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View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.
View of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa on the Golden Horn.
Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.
The interior of a café at Tophane square.
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 the summer palace of the Sultan at Beşiktaş, at the place of which the Palace of Dolmabahçe was built in the 19th century.
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 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.
The prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Fountain at Sarıyer, 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.
William Turner travelling in Epirus.
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.
Ottoman men are resting in the cooling room of a hamam, after having enjoyed their bath.
A scene in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, somewhere in Sandal Bedesten.
The Topkapi Gate, on the Byzantine walls of Constantinople, in Fatih.
Interior court in an inn.
Café at Eminönü. In the background the Tower of Beyazit, also called Serasker Tower, the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I and the Valens aqueduct.
Albanian soldier at Giurgiu, city in Wallachia (Romania).
Portrait of Haci Ahmet, guide of the author on his journey from Wallachia in Romania to Istanbul.
View of the Sweet Waters of Asia, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus. In the background the Anatolian Castle.
Turkish ladies of Istanbul.
Landscape near Hünkar iskelesi, north of Beykoz, on the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus.