Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (165) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0012, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308344, BIB-ID: 2810501

The photograph shows the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At the bottom of the print there is a manuscript caption in german "Aksa mochee [sic] früher Marien - Kirshe", that is "Al-Aqsa Mosque, once the Chruch of Mary". In the 6th century, infact, the site was home to a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary., Title f ...

External view of the Dolmabahçe Mosque, commissioned by Bezmiâlem Sultan, the queen mother (Valide - as in the title - sultan) to Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1839 - 1861), and ninth consort of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808 - 1839)., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Or ...

The photograph shows the south side of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At the bottom of the print there is a manuscript caption in german "Omar mochee [sic] an Stelle des alten Tempels.", that is "Mosque Of Omar in place of the Old Temple". Between 516 BC and 70 CE the site in fact was occupied by the Second Te ...

Photographs show general views of cities, towns and villages, daily life and occupations in urban and agricultural settings, prominent monuments and landmarks, archaeological sites and ancient buildings, religious rites and processions. The collection is especially rich in images of landscape and en ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German and French on the verso of the print. The picture is numbered (429) in pencil on the recto of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0022-0018, 2- ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the verso of the print. The photograph is numbered 441 on the recto with a manuscript inscription., Gertrude Bell, picturing the same place, names it as the " ...

Album collecting 24 of the 28 plates engraved after the drawings by Francis Smith as an illustration to the account by Lord Baltimore printed in 1768. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman. He lived in Istanbul between 1763 and 1764. He travelled to the East in the company ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0018, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24217980, BIB-ID: 2557249

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (104) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0007, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308265, BIB-ID: 2810492

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (27) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308174, BIB-ID: 2810483