The settlement of Guzel Hissar in Aydin on the plain of the Maeander

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts a wide panorama of the historical city of Aydın (Güzelhisar) overlooking the fertile plain of the Maeander (Menderes). The composition presents the vast plain stretching to the horizon and majestic mountains in the background; by illustrating a rich Ottoman city silhouette with its minarets and domes in the midground, and locals grazing their goats on the slope in the foreground, it aesthetically showcases the harmonious unity of Anatolia's nature, city, and pastoral life.