TURKEY - MELLING - CONSTANTINOPLE - ISTANBUL - "View of...
TURKEY - MELLING - CONSTANTINOPLE - ISTANBUL - "View of Kara-Aghatch, at the far end of the harbor. No. 18." 1819. Etching engraved by PILLEMENT, finished by Duparc, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Shores of the Bosporus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III and draftsman to the Sultana Hadidge, his sister." Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition B/C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, scattered light foxing, short tears in the margins).
TURKEY - MELLING - CONSTANTINOPLE - ISTANBUL - "View of Kara-Aghatch, at the far end of the harbor. No. 18." 1819. Etching engraved by PILLEMENT, finished by Duparc, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Shores of the Bosporus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III and draftsman to the Sultana Hadidge, his sister." Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition B/C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, scattered light foxing, short tears in the margins).
