City in Turkey located at the Bosporus Strait

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Turkish prisoners sitting in a cell with a barred window; two of them are racing cockroaches. Process print by Meisenbach after H. Lanos after W.T. Maud.

Constantinople: a mufti or authority on religious law. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

A travelling barber. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

Istanbul: the column of Constantine and the street Yeniçeriler Caddesi. Engraving attributed to D. Pronti after W. Reveley.

Constantinople: a street seller of confectionery with honey. Engraving by G. Scotin, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

The Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey: the bronze Serpentine Column with the Blue Mosque in the background. Photograph by Guillaume Berggren, ca. 1880.

Constantinople: a man sits to write a letter as two women watch over his shoulder. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.

A mullah explaining the Law to a group of pupils, in Constantinople. Etching by R. Dalton.

The Sultan stabs Zara in the chest: the finale of the play Zaire (Zara) by Voltaire. Etching.

Constantinople: a boy presents a smoking hookah to Mr Sotiri, Albanian interpreter to the British consul in Bucharest. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.

The Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey: the obelisk of Theodosius (right) , the Serpent Column (centre), and the column of Constantine Porphyrgenitus (left). Photograph by Guillaume Berggren, ca. 1880.

Constantinople: a lady seated on a sofa, smoking a pipe. Engraving by G. Scotin, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

[Bloodless surgical operations in Byzantium : some early evidence of advanced surgery] / by John Lascaratos.

Hôpital militaire français des Grands-Champs, à Constantinople.

Art et science vétérinaire à Byzance : formes et fonctions de l'image hippiatrique / S. Lazaris.

Istanbul, Turkey: municipal workers disinfecting water pools following an outbreak of cholera. Photograph, 1970.

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Istanbul

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Images referencing Istanbul

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Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

[Bloodless surgical operations in Byzantium : some early evidence of advanced surgery] / by John Lascaratos.

Hôpital militaire français des Grands-Champs, à Constantinople.

Art et science vétérinaire à Byzance : formes et fonctions de l'image hippiatrique / S. Lazaris.

Istanbul, Turkey: municipal workers disinfecting water pools following an outbreak of cholera. Photograph, 1970.

Istanbul

Images from the collections

Images referencing Istanbul

Works from the collections

Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

[Bloodless surgical operations in Byzantium : some early evidence of advanced surgery] / by John Lascaratos.

Hôpital militaire français des Grands-Champs, à Constantinople.

Art et science vétérinaire à Byzance : formes et fonctions de l'image hippiatrique / S. Lazaris.

Istanbul, Turkey: municipal workers disinfecting water pools following an outbreak of cholera. Photograph, 1970.

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