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Creator:
O'Reilly, Montagu, R.N.
Title(s):
Twelve views in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus / by Commander Montagu O'Reilly, R.N.
Additional Title(s):
Series of twelve views from water-colour sketches made on the spot, during the period of service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus, with a short account of each drawing
Published/Created:
London : Day & Son, 1856.
Physical Description:
4 p., 13 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DK509 .O74 1856+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on original printed wrappers: A series of twelve views from water-colour sketches made on the spot, during the period of service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus, with a short account of each drawing.
Tinted lithographs by J. Needham; after Montague O'Reilly. Printed by Day & Son.
Title page is lithographed.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 241
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary half parchment and green cloth. Bookplate: Viscount Halifax with arms in gilt on front cover.
Subject Terms:
Black Sea Region -- Pictorial works.
Bosporus (Turkey) -- Pictorial works.
Crimean War, 1853–1856 -- Pictorial works.
Day & Son -- Publisher.
Lithography -- Specimens -- 1856.
Contributors:
Needham, Joseph, fl. 1848–1874, lithographer.
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  • Sweet waters of Asia
  • Turkish Grave-yard (Bosphorus)
  • Beikos Bay and Fleet (Bosphorus)
  • View of the Bosphorus (from Sultan's Valley)
  • Ghelendijik Bay (Coast of Circassia)
  • Site of the Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi (Bosphorus)
  • Baltschik Bay (Declaration of War)
  • Monastery of St George (Crimea)
  • Cape Kara-Bournou (Black Cape, Roumelia)
  • Kustendjeh (Bulgaria)
  • Balaklava Harbour (Crimea)
  • The Castle of Roumili Hissar (Bosphorus).

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