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Image Title: Facade Principale De Ste. Sophie, Prise De La Cour Du Medresse, 1852

Creator: Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer

Date: 1852

Summary: Print shows madrasah courtyard and exterior of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, ancient Greek ablution fountains in the foreground; with groups of men in traditional dress.

Notes: Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid / from the original drawings by Chevalier Gaspard Fossati ; lithographed by Louis Haghe, Esq. London : Messrs. P. & D. Colnagni & Co., 1852, [p. 23], plate 16.

Related Names: Fossati, Gaspare, 1809-1883

Subjects: Ablution fountains--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Ayasofya Muzesi--1850-1860
Conservation & restoration--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Courtyards--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Madrasahs--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

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