Street in the suburbs of Edirne

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts a traditional street in the suburbs of Edirne (Adrianople), one of the major Roumelian cities of the Ottoman Empire. The artwork centers on traditional houses with bay windows and wooden details rising on the left and in the background, along with a striking civil architectural structure built on pillars in the right foreground. Figures in traditional attire within the street context, and tradesmen resting or transacting with a pack animal (camel), aesthetically document the harmonious blend of architecture with civil life, trade, and street culture in a 19th-century Ottoman provincial city.