Istanbul: Ayasofia from the Blue Mosque. Engraving by D. Pronti after W. Reveley.

  • Reveley, Willey, 1760-1799.
Date:
[1799-1803]
Reference:
2141835i
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In the print, Hagia Sophia is shown with its massive dome, together with minarets, domes and the Kulliye of Sultan Ahmet mosque (i.e. the complex of buildings adjacent to a mosque)

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[England] : [publisher not identified], [1799-1803]

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 17.8 x 24.1 cm

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View of S.ta Sophia from the minarets of Sultan Ackmet's mosque. Dom. Pronti sculp. Bears number: 20

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Attribution to Reveley from Worsley's statement (loc. cit., introduction) referring to "views and ruins of ancient buildings in the Levant, and Lesser Tartary, engraved chiefly from drawings made on the spot, with great accuracy, by that ingenious artist Mr Reveley"

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Wellcome Collection 2141835i

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