Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique print
- Year of printing: 1839
- Original artist: W.H. Bartlett
- Engraver: Allen
- Publisher: London, Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
- Overall uniform very light age toning of paper.
- Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
Notes:
- Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.
- 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
An excerpt from the description that accompanied the print:
- The
most striking feature of the Serai Bournou in the present day is its
surpassing orientalism. Fountains, palaces, streets, and
market-places—all the public rendezvous of Stamboul have suffered
change, save the mysterious dwelling of the Caliphs. European
innovations have crept with spirit-steps across the land: tapestry
hangings and jewelled toys are scattered over the summer-palace of
Asia; gaudy chintzes from the looms of Britain shut out the sun-light
from the gilt-latticed casements of the imperial kiosques; silks from
the warehouses of Genoa and Lyons cover the sofas of the regal pile at
Beshik-Tash; but in the hidden recesses of the palace of Amurath all is
unchanged, as though the genius of mutability had never waved his wand
over the children of the Prophet. Its effect from the sea of Marmora is
as singular as it is beautiful. The wall by which it is enclosed is
separated from the water only by a narrow wharf or terrace, pierced at
intervals by a close lattice-work, through which the fair tenants can
look out upon the sun-lighted waves, and on to the fantastic islands of
the Propontis; in some places overgrown with the most luxurious
parasites, among which are conspicuous the rich dark leaves of the ivy,
and the clustering verdure of the gorgeous caper-plant, with its galaxy
of blossoms; and in others, surmounted by a light and graceful kiosque,
now, however, tarnished by the weather, and mouldering into disuse; for
since the present Sultan girded himself with the sword of sovereignty,
and eschewed the mysterious exclusiveness of his predecessors, the
Serai Bournou has ceased to be a chosen residence for the Ottoman
court.
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