Street in Izmir

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts the rich civic architecture and vibrant street fabric of Izmir (Smyrna), one of the most important international port cities of the 19th century. The composition centers on a narrow street framed by elegant bay-windowed (cumba) houses with fine woodwork, while showcasing how the city's global commercial identity and local neighborhood culture blended in unique harmony through the socializing residents at their doorsteps and the camel caravan passing right through the street.