The Bosphorus. Lithographs after J. Schranz, 1856-1858.

Constantinople : Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron, [1856-1858] (Paris (20 rue et passage Sorbonne): Imp. de Frick frères)

16 prints : lithographs, some uncoloured, some printed in colours, some with watercolour ; sheets of various sizes

Le Bosphore

[1] Vue générale du Bosphore, de Constantinople à Roumeli-Hissari, (prise d'Asie). Mer de Marmara. Palais de Beiler Bey. Scutari. Point du Sérail. Tour de Léandre. Sultan Ahmet. S.te Sophie. Sulimanié. Topkhane. Tour de Galata. Grand Champ des Morts. Orta Keui. Ecole Militaire. Caserne de Ramischeflick. Arnaout–Keui. Bebek. Roumeli-Hissari (Chateaux d'Europe). Balta Liman. Stenia. Yeni Kioi. Anadolu Hissari. Mont Géant. Dessiné d'aprés nature par J. Schranz. Lith par L. Sabatier et Schranz. Description: A panorama of the southern part of the Bosphorus on four sheets. Sheet 1 image 25.1 x 39.6 cmdescribes mostly some parts of The Historic Peninsula (known as Surici) : Point du Serail (Saray Burnu) , Sultan Ahmet and Sulimanie (Suleymaniye), Thopkhane (Tophane) and Galata to Grand Champ des Morts (Pangaltı Roman Catholic Cemetery) and Orta Keui (Orta Koy). Also a part of the Asia side of Istanbul : Scutari (Uskudar). Palais de Beiler Bey (Beylerbeyi Sarayi) is also in Uskudar. Sheet 2 image 25.1 x 44.2 cm.: Ecole Militaire (Kuleli Military Lyceie). Sheet 3 image 25.1 x 44.3 cm: Arnout Keui (Arnavut Koy) and Bebek. At the right corner of the sheet two respectable men listen to music (Musiki). Sheet 4 image 25.4 x 39.8 cm.: Roumeli Hisari (Rumeli Hisari), Balta Liman, Stenia (Istinye), Yeni Kioi (Yeni Koy). Also two places on the Asia side : Anadaolu Hisari and Mont Geant (Hill of Joshua or Yusa Tepe)

[2] Vue générale du Bosphore, de Roumeli-Hissari à la Mer Noire, (prise d' Asie.) Beikos. Flotte Française. Flotte Anglaise. Kandili. Mer de Marmara. Roumeli Hissari. Yeni Keui. Calender. Thérapia. Palais de France. Palais d'Angleterre. Escadre Egyptienne. Kiretch. Bournou. Prairie de Buyuk-Déré. Aqueduc de Bacheikioi. Buyuk-Déré. Yeni-Mahallé. Chateau. Roumeli-Kavak. Anadoli Kavak. Fanaraki d'Europe. Iles Cyanées. Chateau des Génois. Mer Noire. Dessiné d’après nature par J. Schranz. Lith par L. Sabatier et Schranz. Description: A panorama of the northern part of the Bosphorus on four sheets. Sheet 1 image 25.2 x 40.7 cm. Sheet 2 image 25.3 x 44.2 cm. Sheet 3 image 25.2 x 44.2. Sheet 4 image 25.1 x 40 cm.

[3] Scutari, Pointe du Sérail, Constantinople & Galata. Vue prise de Beschik-Tasch. J. Schranz del. Sabatier lith. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron, à Constantinople. Imp. de Frick f.res , 20, r.et passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: A lithograph of Istanbul (Constantinople). Drawn from around Beylerbey. Mainly left side Scutari (Uskudar), right side Beschik-Tasch. Some ships (warships?) on the sea of Marmara. Silhouettes of minarets Image 23 x 32.5 cm.

[4] Cimetière Turc. Lithog.é en couleurs par Sabatier et Schranz. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp.é en couleurs par Frick f.res , 20, r. et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: One gravedigger in conversation with another man who sits under a poplar tree (which is known as the cemetery tree in Turkey). Some tombs are shown in the background. One of them is grander than the others. It could belong to a woman. It has two cemetery stones on which is written a sure in Arabic , and has some golden decoration such as figures and flowers. Image 32 x 23.9cm.

[5] Barque du Sultan Lithog.é en couleurs par Sabatier et Schranz. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp.é en couleurs par Frick f.res , 20, r. et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: The golden decorated barge of the Sultan (probably Sultan VI. Mehmet Vahdettin) passes the ships of the occupying forces. The mosque of Ortakoy is seen in the background. Image 23.8 x 34.2 cm.

[6] Hissari d'Europe & d'Asie. J. Schranz del. L. Sabatier lith. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp. de Frick fres., 20,r.et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: In the foreground, women wearing traditional covered costumes sit next to some tombs. In the middle is the Roumeli-Hissari and at the back, the Anadolu Hissari. Drawn from the Europe side. Image 23 x 32.3 cm.

[7] Palais du Sultan Dolmah Bahkché Lith. en couleurs par L. Sabatier et Schranz. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp. en couleurs par Frick Freres, 20, r. et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithographwith three tints (?). Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı, located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. It served as the main administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922, apart from a 22-year interval (1887-1909) in which Yıldız Palace was used. Image 25.1 x 37.5 cm.

[8] Le marchand de bonbons à Constantinople Lithog. é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp. é en couleurs par Frick fres. , 20, r. et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. Two women in traditional covered costumes and their children, of whom one is a boy wearing a pasha costume and the other is a girl buying some Turkish rosy delights. The vendor weighs the sweets in a balance. Image 31.2 x 23.1 cm.

[9] Prairie de Buyuk-Déré. J. Schranz del. Sabatier lith. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp. de Frick fres. , 20, r. et Passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Uncoloured lithograph. People (women, children, men and a merchant who sells something to children) around a great buttonwood at Buyuk Déré, which was an excursion spot of Istanbul at that time. Image 23.2 x 32 cm.

[10] Bachi-Bouzouks. Lithog.é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Imp.é en couleurs par Frick fres., 20, r. et passage Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. A group of Bashi-Bazouks in their summer costumes (not wartime costumes). Image 24.2 x 32.9 cm.

[11] La ville de Brousse et le Mont Olympe. J. Schranz del. L. Sabatier lith. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Paris. Imp. de Frick frères , 20, r. et passage Sorbonne. Description: Uncoloured lithograph. A view of Brousse (Bursa), the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. Image 23.3 x 32.8 cm.

[12] Araba de Constantinople Lithog.é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Imp. de Frick fres., 20, r. et pas.ge Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. The araba is a carriage drawn by oxen, for women only. A coachman and his footboy drive the araba while walking. Image 13.2 x 18.9 cm.

[13] Derwisches tourneurs à Constantinople. Lithog.é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Imp. de Frick fres., 20, r. et pasge. Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. Whirling Mevlewi dervishes performing the sema. Their spinning represents the universe in which everything from atoms to the solar system and even the circulatory system of the body turn. Their hands (right hand facing upwards and left hand facing downwards) represent that they transfer what they take from God to the people without any appropriation. This is not a dance show, it is a sort of worship. Generally it is done on Monday and Thursday evenings in Mevlewi lodges. Image 13.2 x 18.9 cm.

[14] Vue générale de Smyrne. J. Schranz del. L. Sabatier lith. Publié par J. Schranz et A. Percheron à Constantinople. Paris. Imp. de Frick frères , 20, r. et passage Sorbonne. Description: uncoloured lithograph of Izmir. In the foreground, a caravan of camels pases through a graveyard. Silhouettes of minarets, and Mount Ida (Kaz Daglari, Goose Mountain) is in the background. Image 25.5 x 39.4 cm.

[15] Ecrivain & femme turcs. Lithog.é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Imp. de Frick fres., 20, r. et pasge. Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. A lady sits on a stool while the bespectacled scribe writes on a piece of paper for her. Image 19.2 x 13.5

[16] Bachi-bouzouks Lithog.é en couleurs par A. Bayot. Imp. de Frick fres., 20, r. et pasge. Sorbonne, Paris. Description: Coloured lithograph. Two Bashibazouks in their classic costumes and fully armed. Bashibazouks (Turkish başıbozuk, or delibaş, literally "damaged head", meaning free headed, leaderless, disorderly) were irregular soldiers of the Ottoman army. They were particularly noted for their lack of discipline. Image 19.1 x 13.5 cm.

Not in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography, San Francisco, 1987

Leonora Navari, Greece and the Levant: the catalogue of the Henry Myron Blackmer collection of books and manuscripts, London: Maggs, 1989, nos. 1505-1507

Leonora Navari, The Ottoman world: the Șefık E. Atabey Collection, books, manuscripts and maps, London: Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, 1998, no. 1080

Wellcome Collection 569589i