Plate 181: in the centre a man in robes and head dress at a tall, ornate stone fountain with niches, water running to a small paved pool in front, tombstones and luscious vegetation in the background, in the foreground to left a veiled woman smokes a hookah, seated with her attendant on a carpet with a bowl of fruit (?) and a jug and plate, to right a tree and broken tombstone; arched composition, after édouard bertin
lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: 1849-1862 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 240 mm (image); Width: 191 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Fontaine dans un cimetière turc (Constantinople) (BM 1880,0710.189)
Loading...