View of Bebek on the Bosphorus

Description

Featured in the 1836 collaborative work of Thomas Allom and Robert Walsh, this steel engraving depicts the village and bay of Bebek, located on the European shores of the Bosphorus during the first half of the 19th century. The composition highlights figures in local attire relaxing on carpets along the waterfront and daily social life in the foreground, while presenting traditional wooden Istanbul houses scattered across the hillsides and the activity of rowboats on the Bosphorus in a picturesque urban landscape in the background.