Original copper engraving with the barracks of the Field of the Dead at Pera, the European quarter of Constantinople: the long three-part building on the rise and, in the foreground, the cemetery with its cypresses, a horseman and a small funerary kiosk. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish.
Original copper engraving with the barracks of the Field of the Dead at Pera, the European quarter of Constantinople: the long three-part building on the rise and, in the foreground, the cemetery with its cypresses, a horseman and a small funerary kiosk. Bilingual caption in French and Spanish.
Drawing by Blanchard and direction by Lemaître, from the Turkey series of the Panorama Universal, the Spanish edition of Firmin Didot's Univers pittoresque. It carries the number 51.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Blanchard
Engraver / lithographer: Lemaître (direxit)
Date: 19th century
Source: Panorama Universal - Turquía (Univers pittoresque)
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 in (20 x 13.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; toned paper with scattered spots of foxing in the margins. Glued to a paper support.