You are bidding on a huge original antique print from an 1870s illustrated journal. It depicts the galloping patrol of police or military police in Smyrna, now known as Izmir in Anatolia, Turkey.

Izmir (Smyrna) is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, Turkey. During the late 19th and early 20th century, the city was an important financial and cultural center of the Greek world.

It is very large (double folio size), measuring approximately 21.5 x 15.75 inches (54.5 x 40 cm). The picture fills most of the page, with a caption below. The back of this print is blank, meaning it was a rarer special supplement.

The print has a fold in the middle, where it was folded into the magazine long ago. Note that the fold line is clean and undamaged, because it was "tipped" into the binding. This was a luxury binding technique of that era, because the double page prints were free of binding holes down the center.

The page is in excellent condition for its age. See scan for an accurate view of the condition.

This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.