Original lithography,54x 35 cms including wide margins.The lithography represents a view from the Bosphorus of the palace of Ezmeh sultane. Eugene Napoleon Flandin was an accomplished artist and antiquary accompanied the French ambassador to Persia, De Cercey from 1839-41. In 1843 he assisted Botta in his excavations at Nineveh and Khorsabad and took part in the publication of the "Voyage to Nineveh". The lithography comes from the work "L'Orient" being volume I devoted to Constantinople with a selection of fine views. The book was published in installments and is considered one of the best books dedicated to Turkey in the 19th century. Flandin was a pupil of Horace Vernet.
