print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1891,1013.88
- Description
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The Golden Gate in Constantinople, after Préault, with in the foreground several figures seen wandering in a field, perhaps a former cemetery, with classical stele and sarcophagi; beyond, a crenelated wall, and behind the Golden Gate, a gateway supported by two columns; illustration to Charles Pertusier's 'Promenades pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les rives du Bosphore' (Paris: H Nicolle, 1815). c.1815
Aquatint, on etched lines
- Production date
- 1815 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 269 millimetres
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Width: 428 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- 'Promenades pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les rives du Bosphore' was illustrated by twenty-five plates, all of which can be found in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Promenades pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les rives du Bosphore (1815)
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1891,1013.88