The city of Magnesia (Manisa), and Mount Sipylus.

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts the historical city of Manisa (Magnesia) nestled at the foothills of the magnificent Mount Sipylus (Spil Dağı). The composition presents the dramatic peaks of the mountain in the background and the rich Ottoman city silhouette adorned with minarets in the midground; through the caravans resting around a water well, a traditional ox-cart (kağnı), and figures drawing water in the foreground, it masterfully reflects the productive and continuous commercial and agricultural life of Anatolia.