The Great Bazaar, Istanbul

View of a busy covered street lined with stalls on both sides, showing a carpet seller in the foreground, and a man on horseback coming from a side alley. The author describes the bazaar as follows:

They [the Old and the New Bazaar] now consist of long avenues covered over with lofty arches of brick, lighted by apertures in the roof, and branching off in various directions. The ceilings of the vaults, and other parts of the walls, are painted with various flowers and devices. On each side of the passage are counters, or stalls, ranged along, leaving a wide way between. On the counter of each stall the merchant sits, generally smoking a chibouque, or narghillai, with his crossed legs drawn under him.

This illustration was included in part 5 of a total of 24 installments issued monthly and later published in two volumes.