New Palace of Sultan Mahmoud II on the Bosphorus, circa 1850

€ 190

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist: Thomas Allom (after); engraved by J. Sands
Publisher: Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son and Co., London and Paris
Technique: Steel Engraving
Coloring: Uncolored
Sheet size: 21 × 27 cm (8.3 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14186-1-3

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.

About this sheet

This original antique steel engraving shows New Palace of Sultan Mahmoud II on the Bosphorus, a plate from the first volume of The Turkish Empire Illustrated, published in London by Peter Jackson about 1850. The long waterfront facade of Sultan Mahmud the Second's new palace on the Bosphorus, its colonnade and pavilions reflected in the water, with caiques drawn up at the marble landing stage and figures gathered along the quay.

The plate comes from The Turkish Empire Illustrated: Constantinople and its Environs, with the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, drawn from nature by Thomas Allom with descriptions by the Reverend Robert Walsh, chaplain to the British embassy at the Ottoman Porte. The sheets were engraved on steel for Fisher, Son and Company in the late eighteen thirties and printed again for this edition by Peter Jackson at the Caxton Press in Angel Street, Saint Martin's le Grand, London, with a Liverpool address at Post Office Place, about 1850. The technique is steel engraving, worked by a named London engraver from Allom's own drawing, and the credit lines are printed in the lower corners of the plate with the publisher's imprint centered beneath. Impressions from this series are uncolored as issued, and this sheet has never been colored later.

Mahmud the Second was the reforming sultan who destroyed the Janissaries and dressed his court in European coats, and this shore palace is the architecture of that change, a classical colonnade set down on an Ottoman waterfront. A sheet of this size hangs well in a simple dark frame with a generous off-white mount, and a row of them along a hall or above a stair makes a quiet topographical sequence.

Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.

This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.