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Auction 186, Lot 636

"Vue de la Mosquee de Sultan-Soliman"

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Period: 1822 (circa)

Publication: Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.9 x 5.9 inches
22.6 x 15 cm
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This lovely engraving depicts the Süleymaniye Mosque in present-day Istanbul. Numerous ships sail along the Golden Horn. Engraved by Lorieux and published in Marie Gabriel A. F, Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier's Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with marginal soiling and a crease at bottom left, not entering the image.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/9/2022

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