Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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Turkey | Four watercolours of Constantinople, early 19th-century

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Lot Closed

May 13, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

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Turkey


Four watercolours of Constantinople, early 19th-century


4 watercolours on paper, various sizes (see footnote), each captioned in ink in French on the mount, all framed and glazed (4)


A fine series of views of Constantinople, modern day Istanbul, titled:

1. Intérieur de l'ancienee Eglise de St. Sophie maintenant la mosquée Aya Sophie (235 x 200mm.).

2. Place de l'Hippodrome (245 x 435mm.)

3. Ancien palais de l'Empereur Constantin (245 x 435mm.

4. Fontaine [and] Eglise de St. Sophie (245 x 435mm.)


In 2011 we sold a group of 9 other watercolours of views Constantinople by the same hand (15 November 2011, lot 69). 


https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/travel-atlases-maps-natural-history/lot.69.html

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