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Artist
- Name:
- Allom, Thomas
- Dates:
- 1804-1872
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Buildings & monuments
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Capone, W. H.
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Northeastern University Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Constantinople: and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor (book)
- Author(s):
- Walsh, Robert
- Publisher:
- London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. [1839?]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
View of the Basilica Cistern (known in Turkish as Yerebatan Sarnıcı, or Yerebatan Saray Sarnıçı, which means “the Sunken Cistern,” or “the Sunken Palace Cistern”) showing an archway supported by large pillars and covered in water. The Basilica Cistern is the largest of the ancient cisterns in Istanbul and was built in the sixth century.
Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, black & white, Constantinople: and the scenery..., Istanbul, pillar, reference book, Turkey, underground, Victorian
