About this image...

Image Title: L'interieur De La Mosquee, Avant Sa Restauration, 1852

Creator: Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer

Date: 1852

Summary: Print shows nave of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, facing east, before restoration; 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. 11, plate 24].

Related Names: Fossati, Gaspare, 1809-1883

Subjects: Ayasofya Muzesi--1850-1860
Conservation & restoration--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Naves--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

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