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Plates depict landscapes and architectural and street views of Constantinople and the Bosphorus., Album of watercolor views taken by the album retracing the journey of Émilien Frossard, the pastor of the Reformed Church and draftsman Pyrenees, who was appointed to organize the Protestant chaplaincy service for the soldiers of the Armée d’Orient, the unit of the French Army unit sent by Napoleon III (r. 1852-1870) to the Crimean War, the military conflict fought from 1853 to 1856, between Russia and the alliance made up of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, Sardinia, and France. The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and photographs. The album contains panoramic views of the Mediterranean coasts (Sardinia, Calabria, Stromboli, Athens, the Dardanelles, Sevastopol) from the boat he had embarked on. The album offers beautiful views of Constantinople. Frossard had remained there a few weeks to organize the Protestant chaplaincy service in various French hospitals that he visited (the wounded who could not be evacuated to France remained at the back of these hospitals). During his stay, he took the time to observe the magnificent landscapes and drew sketches and watercolors. There is also a series of more military-inspired watercolors, Pastor lying in an operation theatre, stranded boats in the bay of Balaklava, drawings of fortifications, trenches, big batteries, plans, and camps. This original album of watercolors is assimilated with the book «Letters to the East» published in correspondence of the author’s impressions and descriptions (written in Constantinople and Sebastopol) during the Crimean War in 1855., The views with captions depict: Bonifacio - Corsica-Sardinia crossing -Archipelago Lipari-Stromboli - Messina - Convent near Messina - Coast at Reggio Calabria -Calabria Coast-Mount Etna - Piraeus - The Phalerum - Cap Column - The Hellespont- TheDardanelles- Gallipoli- Constantinople- Scutari from Top Hané- Bozcaada- Island of Marmara - Seraglio Point - The old Seraglio - Golden Horn - Golden Horn view of a small field - Eyoub Mosque - Cemetery, called the Large Field - Dolma batche Hospital - Mosque Abdul-Medjid- Ancient wall- Walls of the old Seraglio- Seraglio Gate- Ancient Walls, house called Belisarius - Top Capou - Edrene Capoussi, port of Adrianople -Sublime Porte and fountain of St. Sophia - Gate of the Seraglio - Fishing huts on the Bosphorus- Floating Guard house, Golden Horn - Pointe de Chaladoine - Galata Tower - St. Sophia view of the Hippodrome - Mosque of Top Hane - Entrance of Galata - View near Eyoub Mosque- Ruede Constantinople - View of the Union Hotel in the Genoese town of Galata - View of street To phanain Constantinople- 3 views of tombs in small fields and Pera- Daoud Pacha- Entrance of Bosphorus from the Dead Sea- 33 small indigenous water colors and 8b/w illustrations of Dervishes, Armenian priest, portraits, costumes, camels, peasants and sellers - Turkish house in Pera - Greek house - Maiden’s Tower - Tower of Leander, Scutari - Entrance to the Mosque Tophana - Fountain in Galata - Roumili Fanaraki - Yum Burun - Bay of Baïcos - Fort Constantine at entrance to Sebastopol - Balaklava coast - French squadron in Kamiech - Frossard’s tent in French camp - Women washing laundry by a ravine - Dead horse on battlefield - Camp near Balaklava - Greek Church Kadi Keni - Bay of Balaklava - Ruin Héracléene - Battery No. 21 & No. 23 - English Camp., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. 96 pp, with watercolours (mostly approximately 20 x 25 cm, but the panoramic views are often narrower), 1 colour map of Crimea, 2 plans of Constantinople and the Bosphorous, and some small sketches of characters, houses and animals. Bound in half calf with marbled boards, slightly rubbed round edges, marbled endpapers, title gilt on raised spine with gilt threads. Some views are captioned., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2015.0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2279752x, BIB-ID: 1951274 |
