About this image...

Image Title: Aya Sofia, Constantinople, As Recently Restored By Order Of H.M. The Sultan Abdul Medjid, 1852

Creator: Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer

Date: London, 1852.

Summary: Print shows title page with ornamental border and two decorative plaques, one containing tugra (signature) of Sultan Abdulmecit and the other containing a view of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia.

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, title page.

Related Names: Fossati, Gaspare, 1809-1883

Subjects: Abdulmecit,--Sultan of the Turks,--1823-1861
Ayasofya Muzesi--1850-1860
Conservation & restoration--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

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