Turkish Culture Collection (#2)

Turkish prisoners taken from Plevna, 1877 (litho)
8664003 Turkish prisoners taken from Plevna, 1877 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turkish prisoners taken at the Siege of Plevna (Pleven), Bulgaria

Excavation of the walls of Troy (b/w photo)
8663783 Excavation of the walls of Troy (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Excavation of the walls of the ancient city of Troy)

Modern Turkey (litho)
8661150 Modern Turkey (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern Turkey. The boundaries of the new Turkey were fixed by the Treaty of Lausanne, 1923)

Crusaders storming Nicaea (litho)
8661356 Crusaders storming Nicaea (litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crusaders storming Nicaea)

Whirling dervishes (b/w photo)
8672798 Whirling dervishes (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whirling dervishes)

The Christmas Bird (engraving)
8673446 The Christmas Bird (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Christmas Bird)

O for odalisque (concubine) (chromolitho)
8677327 O for odalisque (concubine) (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: O for odalisque (concubine). Concubine in a Turkish harem

Tulip, tower, Turk and a T (for right angles) (chromolitho)
8677352 Tulip, tower, Turk and a T (for right angles) (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: T for tulip, tower, Turk and a T (for right angles)

Russian Fleet in the Bosphorus (litho)
8670507 Russian Fleet in the Bosphorus (litho) by Wyllie, Charles William (1853-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian Fleet in the Bosphorus)

Peace of the Pruth (1711): Catherine Iere of Russia advises her wife Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia
XEE5032155 Peace of the Pruth (1711): Catherine Iere of Russia advises her wife Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia, to sign the peace of Pruth in 1711 with the empire of Turkey; (add.info)

Great North War or Second North War (1700-1721): Camp of the Russian army during negotiations with the Turks in 1711
NWI4837675 Great North War or Second North War (1700-1721): Camp of the Russian army during negotiations with the Turks in 1711 on the river Prut (or Prut)

Scene from the tragedie "Bajazet" representing Roxane et Bajazet
ELD4962922 Scene from the tragedie "Bajazet" representing Roxane et Bajazet (Roxane wants to dethrone Amurat by wedding Bajazet)

THALES of Miletus (6th Centuryi a. C-s. VI BC). Bust of Thales of Miletus. Engraving
CUL4858895 THALES of Miletus (6th Centuryi a. C-s. VI BC). Bust of Thales of Miletus. Engraving. by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: THALES of Miletus (6th Centuryi a. C-s. VI BC)

Turkish ladies. Engraving by Dietz. In " Memories of Constantinople", 19th century. Private collection
JEB4833810 Turkish ladies. Engraving by Dietz. In " Memories of Constantinople", 19th century. Private collection; (add.info.: Turkish ladies. Engraving by Dietz)

Vue de Constantinople. Engraving by Bertrand
JEB4833809 Vue de Constantinople. Engraving by Bertrand.; (add.info.: Vue de Constantinople. Engraving by Bertrand.); © Jean Bernard. All rights reserved 2023

View of Constantinople: Tomb of Sultan Soliman. Engraving by GESTOCH E RICHTER
JEB4833647 View of Constantinople: Tomb of Sultan Soliman. Engraving by GESTOCH E RICHTER. In " Memories of Constantinople", 19th century

View of Constantinople: Tomb of the sultan Valid Gulnar in Ejub. Engraving by GUNKEL
JEB4833641 View of Constantinople: Tomb of the sultan Valid Gulnar in Ejub. Engraving by GUNKEL. In " Memories of Constantinople", 19th century

View of Constantinople: Castle of Rumili-Hissar. Engraving by BERTRAND. In " Memories of Constantinople"
JEB4833602 View of Constantinople: Castle of Rumili-Hissar. Engraving by BERTRAND. In " Memories of Constantinople", 19th century

The Knight Tancrede cuts into pieces a band of Saracens, when taking Antioch in 1098
PCT4262489 The Knight Tancrede cuts into pieces a band of Saracens, when taking Antioch in 1098. Engraving of a book on the Crusades

Costumes of the Ottoman Turks of the upper class around 1700: on the left a woman in public dress
NWI4878240 Costumes of the Ottoman Turks of the upper class around 1700: on the left a woman in public dress, in the centre a sultan and his wife, on the right a dancer

Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Soliman II (1642-1691) (Suleiman II sultan of ottoman empire)
ELD4932223 Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Soliman II (1642-1691) (Suleiman II sultan of ottoman empire) Engraving from "History of the world" by Ridpath 1885 Private collection; (add.info)

Representation of Saint Claude Apollinaire (Apollinaris or Apolinaris or Apolinarius (Claudius)
ELD4913114 Representation of Saint Claude Apollinaire (Apollinaris or Apolinaris or Apolinarius (Claudius)) and Hierapolis (2nd century)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boarding School Our Lady of Sion: the marble edge, 1890 - Lycee Our Lady of Sion
LUX4741995 Constantinople, Turkey, Boarding School Our Lady of Sion: the marble edge, 1890 - Lycee Our Lady of Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boarding School Our Lady of Sion: the chapel, 1890 - Lycee Our Lady of Sion
LUX4741985 Constantinople, Turkey, Boarding School Our Lady of Sion: the chapel, 1890 - Lycee Our Lady of Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey, Boarding School Our Lady of Sion: the chapel)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Salle Sainte Rose, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
LUX4742017 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Salle Sainte Rose, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: view of Istanbul taken from the dormitories
LUX4742204 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: view of Istanbul taken from the dormitories, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Feri-Keul with its swings, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
LUX4742178 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Feri-Keul with its swings, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the drawing room with young girls drawing a plaster model
LUX4742081 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the drawing room with young girls drawing a plaster model, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: le Feri-Keul, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
LUX4742154 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: le Feri-Keul, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: le Feri-Keul)

Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Salle Saint Alphonse, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
LUX4742067 Constantinople, Turkey, Boardroom Notre Dame de Sion: the Salle Saint Alphonse, 1890 - Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion; (add.info.: Constantinople, Turkey)

Male portrait, Izmir, 1904 (print on double-weight paper)
3561890 Male portrait, Izmir, 1904 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Izmir, Turkey 1904 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

View of Izmir, 1904 (print on double-weight paper)
3561883 View of Izmir, 1904 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Izmir, Turkey 1904 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Istanbul, 1904 (print on double-weight paper)
3561877 Istanbul, 1904 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Istanbul, Turkey 1904 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Group portrait in Turkish traditional dress, 1870 (print on double-weight paper)
3561661 Group portrait in Turkish traditional dress, 1870 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Turkey 1870-1880 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

France, Portrait of a Turkish Woman in Studio, 1880
LUX4731928 France, Portrait of a Turkish Woman in Studio, 1880; (add.info.: France, Portrait of a Turkish Woman in Studio, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
FLO4721884 Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Illustration From Francois Pouqueville (1770-1838), Travels through More

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter K as kilometre. Map of countries at war extending over 3000 km
DUV4201478 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter K as kilometre. Map of countries at war extending over 3000 km. Engraving in " Alphabet of the Great War 1914-1916

The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print)
XEE4148876 The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq)

Nomadic tribe type Turkish Nogai of MONIA
JAB4121554 Nomadic tribe type Turkish Nogai of MONIA.; (add.info.: Nomadic tribe type Turkish Nogai of MONIA.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Woman with a parasol, photographed in typical Turkish clothes, 1890 (print on double-weight paper)
3566818 Woman with a parasol, photographed in typical Turkish clothes, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Turkey 1890 ca)

Turkish fabric and food merchants, 1890 (print on double-weight paper)
3566817 Turkish fabric and food merchants, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Turkey 1890 ca. Photographer: Albert;Boyacioglu, Herman); Alinari Archives, Florence

Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below
FLO4634523 Costume of Mordovia (Russia): a couple, framing a portrait of a woman and below, a bashkir archer (Turkish people of Russia) and a young girl

French art nouveau postcard satirising women in military uniform, 1900: Turkish soldier
3666168 French art nouveau postcard satirising women in military uniform, 1900: Turkish soldier; (add.info.: French art nouveau postcard satirising women in military uniform 1900)

Ottoman Turkish Pasha and Bey. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's
FLO4620077 Ottoman Turkish Pasha and Bey. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Picturesque Turkey: Sunset on Istanbul, 1907, Istanbul, Turkey - Autochrome anonymous
LUX4698897 Picturesque Turkey: Sunset on Istanbul, 1907, Istanbul, Turkey - Autochrome anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picturesque Turkey: Sunset on Istanbul, 1907, Istanbul)

Turkish costumes: military uniforms of cavalry and artillery, underneath, traditional costumes of women and children
FLO4633933 Turkish costumes: military uniforms of cavalry and artillery, underneath, traditional costumes of women and children, with gold coins, crown and flag of Turkey

Polish costumes, 18th century. Polish broker 5, nobleman 6, and woman of Snatietz near the border of the Ottoman Empire
FLO4624970 Polish costumes, 18th century. Polish broker 5, nobleman 6, and woman of Snatietz near the border of the Ottoman Empire 7

The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, 1897
3480819 The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, 1897; (add.info.: The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days War and known in Greece as the Black 97, or the Unfortunate War)

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Turkish Culture: From Suleiman The Magnificent to the Orient Express" Step into a world where history and culture intertwine, as we delve into the vibrant heritage of Turkish culture. Our journey begins with an awe-inspiring illustration depicting Suleiman The Magnificent during the Battle of Mohacs, showcasing the valor and might of this legendary Ottoman ruler. Moving back in time, we witness Emperor Constantine the Great laying the foundation of Constantinople, a momentous event that transformed Byzantium into a majestic city that would become synonymous with grandeur and opulence. Abdulmecit I emerges next on our cultural odyssey; his reign as an Ottoman Sultan marked by significant reforms that shaped Turkey's future. A lithograph from 1878 takes us deeper into this fascinating era of the Ottoman Empire, offering glimpses into its diverse society and rich traditions. As we stroll along Istanbul's iconic Galata Bridge, bustling with life and brimming with stories untold, we encounter scenes like no other. An engraving captures a poignant moment at Scutari's British Cemetery during Captain Selby's funeral – a testament to Turkey's historical connections with nations afar. The evening light casts its enchanting glow upon Hagia Sophia, illuminating its architectural splendor. This magnificent structure stands as a symbol of Turkey's multicultural past and continues to inspire awe among visitors from around the globe. Adjacent to Hagia Sophia lies another architectural marvel –the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque). Its intricate design mesmerizes all who behold it; both these UNESCO World Heritage Sites serve as reminders of Turkey's enduring legacy. Venturing beyond Istanbul’s borders through an exquisite Ottoman miniature artwork reveals how Turkish influence extended across regions such as Maghreb and Middle East – leaving indelible imprints on their cultures too. Our exploration takes us to Bodrum in Anatolia - home to picturesque boats dotting the azure waters.